(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 20 - While Forza (FI) Italia leader and
ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi is happy to drink the vodka sent to
him by his old friend Vladimir Putin, Brothers of Italy (FdI)
leader and likely next premier Giorgia Meloni is defending true
principles and an understanding of global challenges in
upholding a pro-NATO and pro-EU line against Russian aggression
in Ukraine, the advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, tweeted in Italian on Thursday.
Meloni gave Berlusconi an ultimatum to either support NATO's
stance against Russia or else not join her nascent government
after the media billionaire said he had reconnected with Putin,
exchanging vodka and lambrusco and "very sweet" letters and was
one of the Russian leaders top five friends, blaming Zelensky
for forcing Moscow's hand in its move to install "decent people"
in Kyiv.
"Any crisis paves the way for real leaders," tweeted Podolyak.
"While signor Berlusconi is under the effects of Russian vodka
in the company of 'five of Putin's friends' in Europe, Giorgia
Meloni shows what are true principles and an understanding of
global challenges. Each chooses their path". (ANSA).
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