From the Torre dei Conti to Mattarella: the provocations of the Russian spokeswoman Zakharova | EUROtoday

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Not a joke or a provocation. That of Maria Zakharovaspokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, who linked the collapse of the Torre dei Conti in Rome, when a employee from the rubble who died within the night had not but been recovered, to the collapse of the Italian financial system because of financing for Ukraine, is a concrete thought.

And it was additionally reiterated by the ambassador to Italy Alexey Paramonovsummoned by the Farnesina for what the minister Antonio Tajani outlined as “shameful words”. A gathering that “served to remind us once again that sponsoring the terrorist regime in Kiev is a crime and a sin”, Zakharova advised the Tass company. An idea additionally underlined by the Russian embassy with a observe revealed on Telegram after the assembly: “These are well-founded words”.

Irrelevant phrases, nevertheless, in accordance with the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto: «I by no means learn what this woman says» he advised Repubblica. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there have been a number of disagreements between Zakharova – and the Kremlin normally – and Italy. Many in 2025. The newest, when, final August, the Italian diplomat in Moscow, Giovanni Scopawas summoned for «the persistent anti-Russian marketing campaign that goes on within the Italian media».

«And Russophobia»

In July, the launch of an inventory of «Russophobes». Present, in addition to To Tajani e Crosettoadditionally the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. «An unacceptable provocation – responded Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – one other propaganda operation, aimed toward diverting consideration from Moscow’s critical obligations».

The Mattarella case

Zakharova’s harshest phrases got here exactly towards the pinnacle of state, from his comparability – in February – between the Russian perspective in Ukraine and that of the German Third Reich.