>”We find it strange that, at a time when concern is growing in Europe and the United States over the situation on the Ukrainian borders and discussions are taking place on new, heavy sanctions against Russia, managers of important Italian companies, including public companies, are holding a conference call today, unbeknownst to the Farnesina (Italy’s Foreign Minister), with executives from important Russian companies and with the announced participation of President Putin himself. In the recent report on energy security, unanimously approved, the Copasir has in fact shown how the geopolitical factor is decisive in increasing the risks of an excessive dependence on foreign supplies of our country,” said in a joint statement the members of the Copasir Enrico Borghi (PD), Federica Dieni (M5s) and Elio Vito (FI). While we understand the need for our companies to maintain good business relations with Russian companies,” the note continued, “we believe that this need, especially at a time of great tension such as this, cannot compromise Italy’s transatlantic reliability and the full sharing of decisions that, also in relation to developments in the Ukrainian crisis, will be taken with our historic Western allies”.
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Expected but depressing. It’s clear that broad and harsh sanctions are the only way to cut off Russia from multinational business.
I think the meeting already happened and was today
https://euractiv.it/section/commercio-ed-economia-mondiale/news/russia-lincontro-tra-putin-e-le-imprese-italiane-scatena-polemiche-in-italia-e-allestero/
>”We find it strange that, at a time when concern is growing in Europe and the United States over the situation on the Ukrainian borders and discussions are taking place on new, heavy sanctions against Russia, managers of important Italian companies, including public companies, are holding a conference call today, unbeknownst to the Farnesina (Italy’s Foreign Minister), with executives from important Russian companies and with the announced participation of President Putin himself. In the recent report on energy security, unanimously approved, the Copasir has in fact shown how the geopolitical factor is decisive in increasing the risks of an excessive dependence on foreign supplies of our country,” said in a joint statement the members of the Copasir Enrico Borghi (PD), Federica Dieni (M5s) and Elio Vito (FI). While we understand the need for our companies to maintain good business relations with Russian companies,” the note continued, “we believe that this need, especially at a time of great tension such as this, cannot compromise Italy’s transatlantic reliability and the full sharing of decisions that, also in relation to developments in the Ukrainian crisis, will be taken with our historic Western allies”.
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