Diplomat expelled from Russia by Italy has returned to Russia.

April 2nd, local time, Russian ambassador to Italy, Lazov, revealed to the local media that two Russian diplomats who had been expelled by the Italian government had left for Russia.

Razov said that Russia hopes that the incident will not have a negative impact on the relationship between Russia and Italy.

The Italian government announced the expulsion of two Russian diplomats on March 31 on the grounds that they were suspected of intelligence transactions.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov responded that the context of the incident was not clear, but hoped that a positive and constructive relationship between Russia and Italy would be maintained.