Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador in protest at an insult to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by a pro-Kremlin Russian television host, Rome’s foreign minister said Tuesday.
Antonio Tajani said on
In the one-minute segment, Soloyev swore in Italian, calling Meloni a “certified idiot” and worse.
In Russian he said: “Melony is fascist scum who betrayed his voters, he campaigned on completely different slogans. Betrayal is his middle name: he even betrayed (US President Donald) Trump, to whom he had previously sworn allegiance.”
Meloni leads a right-wing government that has provided military and civilian aid to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, but her coalition includes the League party, which has had close ties to the Kremlin.
She has recently fallen out of favor with Trump, previously a close ally, after distancing herself from the war with Iran and openly criticizing the US president for attacking Pope Leo.
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