At the polls "we would like to see European citizens not only express discontent with the actions of their governments, but also say something more coherent. For example, that they call them to account, punishing them for their obvious stupidity ".
The vice-president of the Russian national security council, Dmitri Medvedev , enters the electoral campaign with a straight leg, stressing that "the votes of the voters are a powerful lever of influence".
"Of course - he continues -, we want peaceful cooperation, trade, exchanges and other things that are normal. But if the 'price for European democracy' is cold in apartments and empty refrigerators, this 'democracy' is for the mad" .
"That's why - he concludes - four European governments have already resigned in a short time . But this is clearly not the end. Voters' votes are a powerful lever of influence. So act, European neighbors! Do not remain silent. Call yours . idiots to account . And we will listen to you. The advantage is obvious: winter is much warmer and more comfortable in the company of Russia than in splendid isolation with the gas stove off ".
THE REACTIONS
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio replied immediately: "The interference of the Russian government in the Italian elections is really worrying. Medvedev intervenes again with a straight leg on domestic political issues, this time also giving an indication to vote. The political forces Italians to distance themselves clearly, without any shyness, from Russian propaganda ".
"Medvedev, the hawk of the Russian regime who is a fan of the massacres in Ukraine, enters the Italian electoral campaign, inviting voters to punish the government in the polls. Serious interference, everyone should distance themselves, starting with an increasingly ambiguous right on the issue ", declares Enrico Borghi of the National Secretariat of the Democratic Party.
An invitation "more ridiculous than tragic", according to Mara Carfagna of Action, who defines Medvedev
"an autocrat who, in order to please his boss, shows muscles he does not possess".
Copasir president and Fdi senator Adolfo Urso speaks of a "grotesque declaration". "Copasir - Urso recalls - has long denounced the risk of foreign interference in Western democracies, especially during electoral processes, urging the institutions to prepare adequate measures".
(Unioneonline / L)