Moscow replies after Draghi calls Lavrov's words 'obscene'

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 3 - Moscow replied on Tuesday after Premier Mario Draghi's described as "obscene" the claim Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made on Italy's Mediaset television on Sunday that Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots.
    Moscow has justified its invasion of Ukraine on the grounds that its neighbour must be "denazified" and the Hitler comment was a way to respond to the argument that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky cannot be a Nazi because he is Jewish.
    Draghi has also criticised the Mediaset show Lavrov appeared on in relation to the fact that his comments went unchallenged, saying it was more like a speech given at a rally than an interview.
    Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said via Telegram that the Italian journalists had wanted the interview and that Lavrov had not asked for it. (ANSA).