Italy expels two Russian embassy officials for espionage

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Italy expels two Russian embassy officials for espionage

Move follows arrest of two former Italian intelligence officials for spying

ROME,

09 July 2026, 12:03

ANSA English Desk

- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister

Antonio Tajani said Thursday that Italy is expelling two Russian

embassy officials for espionage.

The decision comes after two former Italian intelligence

officials were arrested this week for allegedly spying for

Russia.

"The Italian government has decided to expel two military

attachés from the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Italy,

who are responsible for the espionage activities uncovered in

the investigation by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office,"

Tajani said via X.

"The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has

just informed 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 weapons to attack the West

and Italy.

"This is a serious and unacceptable interference with Italian

institutions and national security."

Russia's RIA Novosti state news agency reported the Russian

Foreign Ministry as saying Moscow "will respond" to the

expulsion of the two military attachés.

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