The Italian Foreign Ministry calls the Moscow ambassador after an espionage case

The Italian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it had called the Russian ambassador to Rome after die police die Had announced the arrest of an Italian naval officer caught spying for Moscow, accompanied by a Russian officer who had received “confidential” documents from him.

A statement said Ambassador Sergey Razov had been called to the ministry at the request of Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio after die Italian police had announced that die Security forces “arrested a Navy officer” “yesterday evening” (Tuesday). in addition to a Russian officer.

And die Italian national gendarmerie “Carabinieri” announced today, Wednesday March 31st, that a Russian army officer and a captain of the Italian navy have been arrested on suspicion of espionage.

The police said in a statement that “Carabinieri intervened during a secret meeting between the two as soon as the Italian officer transferred a document for a sum of money.”

The Italian police added that “both are charged with serious crimes related to espionage and state security,” said it die British agency “Reuters”.

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