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The Russian Foreign Ministry has declared Vittorio Parrella, the Assistant Defense Attaché of Italy, and Davide D'Aprile, the Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Russia, persona non grata. This was announced by the Ministry on its website. The diplomats and their families must leave Russia within three days. This decision was made based on the principle of reciprocity. "In this regard, we would like to reiterate that any hostile or provocative actions against Russian diplomats will not go unanswered," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. In addition, on July 20, the Italian Chargé d'Affaires, Giovanni Scopa, was summoned to the Ministry. The reason was the Italian government's unfounded demands for the naval and air attaché, as well as the assistant naval attaché of the Russian Embassy, to leave the country. Earlier, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced the expulsion of the Italian military attaché and his colleague from Russia. According to the diplomat, this was a "demonstrative act of retaliation" and the attachés were allegedly expelled without any justification. On July 9, Tajani announced that Italy had decided to expel two Russian military attachés, whom the Italian authorities believed to be involved in espionage activities. According to him, this decision was made based on an investigation conducted by the Rome Prosecutor's Office. On the same day, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow would give an “appropriate response” to the Italian authorities’ decision. https://m.dzen.ru/a/al5pddVlSA969-Zz https://dzen.ru/a/al5pddVlSA969-Zz