Moscow attacks Mattarella (“Blasphemous”) for his comparison of the aggression against Ukraine to the Third Reich: Meloni rises up

Harsh and unusual attack of the Putin's Russia to our President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella for the Lectio magistralis he had held at theUniversity of Marseille on the occasion of the awarding of the honorary degree. “The Italian President Sergio Mattarella – said the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova – made offensive, false and blasphemous statements drawing outrageous parallels between Russia and the Hitler's Germany“. No official response from the Quirinale which informs that Mattarella is absolutely “serene” and refers to the careful reading of the speech in Marseille. The entire Italian political community is at Mattarella's side and the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni insorge: "The insults of the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, who defined Sergio Mattarella's words as "blasphemous inventions", offend the entire Italian nation, which the Head of State represents. I express - continues Meloni - my full solidarity, as well as that of the entire Government, to President Mattarella, who has always firmly supported the condemnation of the aggression perpetrated against theUkraine“. All political forces are lined up in defense of the President of the Republic.