An opposition motion of no-confidence
in Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini in
relation to his right-wing League party's ties with Russian
President Vladimir Putin's party United Russia has been tabled
for April 3 or 4 in the Lower House, House whips said Wednesday.
The notion was tabled by the centrist opposition party Azione of
former industry minister Carlo Calenda and later signed by the
populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left Democratic
Party (PD), as well as by smaller leftwing parties.
Salvini has been under fire for refusing to blame Putin for the
death in a Siberian prison of prominent dissident and opposition
leader Alexei Navalny, as well as for the League's reported
failure to formally sever ties to United Russia.
Calenda has said the League is "still pro-Putin, albeit less
openly than in the past, out of political calculation".
Salvini also said the Russian people were right to re-elect
Putin.
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