Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, commenting on the reaction of Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani to the expulsion of the Italian military attache and his assistant from Russia, said that Italy shouldn't pretend it doesn't know what reciprocity is. He also said that Germany's nuclear weapons research comes as no surprise, and Russia should take this into account in its military planning. TASS has compiled the key statements made by the deputy foreign minister. I believe that the the Italian foreign minister is privy to this principle." Germany's nuclear weapons research is not surprising: "What the Federal Republic of Germany is doing is absolutely unsurprising, especially considering the country's high technological and industrial potential."