Italy expels two military attaches of the Russian embassy in Rome

The Italian government has decided to expel two military attaches of the Russian Federation's embassy in Italy, responsible for espionage activities uncovered during an investigation by the Rome prosecutor's office.

The secretary general of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina) has already notified the Russian ambassador in Rome that Ivan Petrovich Gorbachev and Mikhail Vasilyevich Astakhov must leave Rome within three days.

Moscow continues to use its hybrid methods to attack the West and Italy. This is a serious and unacceptable interference in the activities of Italian state institutions and a threat to national security, he wrote on the social network X.