Lavrov says Russia disappointed by Italy leading pro-Ukraine effort – English

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  1. “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday Moscow was surprised that Italy is among the leaders of the international effort to support Ukraine in the war against Russia

    “It was strange for us to see Italy becoming one of the leaders in the Anti-Russian front”, Lavrov said in answering an ANSA question at a press conference in Moscow.

    The Russian foreign minister went on to say that he loved Italians and accused that Rome’s stance against Russian aggression had been forced on it.

    “I like Italians, they are very similar to Russians, and Russians like the Italian way of life. I don’t want to see them as people who build walls and barriers.

    “Europe has imposed this attitude of confrontation with Russia and therefore also on Italy,” Lavrov told ANSA at the press conference.

    Lavrov also said that Russia was being a victim, “subjected to a Final Solution, like the Jews”.

    **Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano responded by saying that Lavrov was guilty of a “stupid propagandistic trivialization of the Shoah”.**

  2. Oh boi, so if I can predict a little bit italian politics, this can be interpreted as lavrov trying to create an opening where meloni’s allies that are pro russia (salvini and berlusconi) can operate, and maybe let them give an ultimatum to meloni where she need to choose between either rethink about sending support to ukraine or break the alliance and probably return to vote without any favorable coalition candidate for her, making more possible that a majority pro russia coalition party wins

    I hope i’m wrong

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