Frontal clash between Italy and Russia. First the words of Sergio MattarellaThen the Kremlin reply, finally the clear stance of Italian politics. Everything perhaps a little too exaggerated. But let’s go to degrees. Yesterday from Moscow the words of the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry arrived Maria Zakharovawho put the head of state in the sight for some of his declarations dating back to ten days before, during the speech pronounced at the University of Marseille where he received a honorary degree.
On that occasion Mattarella, focusing on the war in Ukraine, had not used light terms against Russia, indeed, He compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler: “Instead of cooperation, the criterion of domination prevails. And they were wars of conquest. This was the project of Third Reich in Europe. Today’s Russian aggression to Ukraine is of this nature “the words within a wide reasoning on the failure of the” appeasement policy “that preceded the Second World War, now put in the sights of the Russian government. Russia has let it run for ten days, until Zakharova’s position.
“Blaspheme” wordsthe j’aguse of the Kremlin diplomat: “Mattarella has made the outrageous and clearly false historical parallels between the Russian Federation and with Nazi Germany” calling them “criminal analogies”. Then Zakharova alluded to a guilty forgetfulness of Mattarella by omitting to remember “which part was Italy during the Second World War”, that is, with Nazi -fascism. Mattarella “should think about the fact that today Italy, with other NATO countries, is pumping the neonazine terrorist regime of Kiev with modern lethal weapons, thus supporting the criminal regime in all its crimes in an unconditional way”, he continued, By defining Mattarella’s words an insult to their descendants both in Russia and in Italy, but also of “all those who know history and do not accept these inadmissible and criminal analogies”.
Open heaven. If only the silence and a polite invitation to reread the entire speech of Marseille, unanimous and bipartisan is filtered from the Quirinale reaction of the parties to the political attack of Russia to the president considered by all “unacceptable and inappropriate”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloi explained that “the insults of the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, who called” blaspheme inventions “the words of the president offend the entire Italian nation, which the head of state represents. I express my full solidarity, as well as that of the entire government, to President Mattarella, who has always firmly supports the condemnation of the attack perpetrated against Ukraine “. Philippics of all kinds, also exaggeratedly condemns Tranchant perhaps.
Zakharova’s externalizations could be considered over the top, perhaps a lotinel avoidable in some passages. But From here to shout at the scandal we pass. Also because the chronology of events should be observed. Everything started from the words uttered by the owner of the Quirinale in Marseille. And it is not a political opinion, but a frontal attack. Because no one can welcome willingly to be compared to Hitler, not even those who almost three years ago invaded another country and for this reason they deserve every possible and imaginable sentence. A political line can be contested, absolutely yes, but Mattarella gave the Nazi to the Russian summit. Let’s not make fun of it. And the replica of Zakharova can be called muscle, but not injured majesty. In fact, Mattarella’s choice not to throw petrol on the fire is wise. The same should do all those politicians who have denigrated Moscow, evidently forgetting that with insults we do not go anywhere and that only with dialogue – even with those who do not like – can things be resolved, even wars.
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