"Italy's crucial objective". Media reports Russian activity

Signals o Russian spy activity are "numbers and come from different sources" - points out the Roman paper and lists a series of confirmatory episodes of fresh years.

Russia is watching Italy. Drone over Ispra

The article appeared the day after Another suspicion of espionage. As it turned out, the drone of most likely Russian production, at least 5 times flown over late European Union investigation centre in Ispra on Lake Maggiore in the north of Italy. This centre deals with safety issues. There is besides 1 of the office close Leonardo, an Italian defence and aviation company.

The investigation into the drone's presence initiated the Milan D.A.'s department to fight terrorism.

According to the investigative findings the Ansa agency reached, The drones were expected to appear 5 times in the last month. over the mentioned centre in the Ispra area.

Buyed by the Russians. Cases of cooperation with abroad intelligence

"Il Messaggero" besides recalls that last November an investigation into 2 entrepreneurs from Brianza, Lombardy, who provided the Russians with maps of zones in Rome and Milan, There's no safety cameras.

These maps besides indicate State buildings and military facilities. According to the newspaper, Italian entrepreneurs received payment in cryptocurrency.

In addition, a group of pro-Russian hackers multiple attacks on Italian websites ministries, airports and strategical enterprises. The attacks were accompanied by messages that this was a retaliation for the position of the government in Rome, which provides support to Ukraine," writes the Roman newspaper.

Especially drastic is the case Captain Walter Biot's Italian frigate, arrested in 2021 at the time of transmission to Russian agents NATO classified information. He was legally sentenced to 29 years in prison.

"The Shadow War". Activities of Russia in the Mediterranean

According to “Il Messaggero” many signals about "Shadow War" or hybrid warfare, Russia's Mediterranean.

The Russian spy ship ‘Jantar’, specializing in mapping offshore cables and pipelines, remained located on this watershed between Sicily and Algeria.

In December 2022 the Russian ship Akademik Paszin docked in the Strait of Otranto at the banks of Apulia precisely over the passing there a gas pipeline and fibre cable connecting Bari to the coast of Greece. It was suspected that a Russian supply ship was carrying out spy activities.

‘Italy under constant observation’

On the another hand, in January of that year the presence of Russian submarine Krasnodar in the waters between Algeria and Sardinia. Italy picked up aircraft from bases in Sicily and Sardinia to monitor the movement of the unit.

These examples indicate that ‘Il Messaggero’ ‘Italy is under constant observation’ from Russia. This is peculiarly actual of the Mediterranean, where the Russian war fleet is constantly active.

For this reason, these waters are constantly supervised by Italian and NATO forces. “It is an invisible but permanent network. And she located the anonymous drone over Ispra‘- states the journal.