Italy espionage “thriller”: Navy officer delivers documents to Russian military

An Italian Navy officer was arrested in Rome on her charge espionage and the provision of confidential documents to Russian military, it became known a while ago, reports APE.

According to Italian media, the Italian Foreign Ministry called the Russian ambassador to Rome to give explanations.

According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the Italian An officer was arrested last night, Tuesday night, by the authorities who were watching him and allegedly saw him handing over secret documents, for a fee, to a soldier working at the Russian embassy in Italy. The latter seems to have diplomatic immunity.

“This is the first serious espionage incident against our country since the end of the Cold War.” emphasize many Italian media.

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