The chair of the Russian Senate's
foreign affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachev told the Interfax
agency Tuesday that Moscow was pleased with Premier Giuseppe
Conte's announcement that sanctions would be lifted but it was
waiting to see if Rome could break with its EU partners. He said
Conte's words were "positive" but "we cannot overestimate the
signals coming from Rome". KOsachev said "Italy is an integral
part of the European Union and EU leaders have ways to influence
any member country: we know very well that the leaders of other
states have made similar statements but then when the time came
to vote even the most 'subversive' ones did not break ranks".
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