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#UPDATE The Italian, a middle-ranking officer serving as a frigate captain, was caught red-handed after a "clandestine meeting" with the Russian late Tuesday in Rome, according to a police statement
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#UPDATE Italy expelled two Russian officials Wednesday after an Italian navy captain was caught by police selling secret documents to the Russians, with Britain expressing "solidarity" with Italy and condemning "Russia's malign and destabilising activity" u.afp.com/UgAq

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