A prank call to Premier Giorgia Meloni
by two Russian comics posing as an African leader was "Kremlin
propaganda", the premier said Friday.
"The phone call was first of all relayed by programmes organic
to Kremlin propaganda and this should make those who are acting
as megaphones for these comedians think again, who said they had
no ties to the Kremlin," said Meloni at a press conference on
government reforms.
Meloni recalled that she has already said that in Italy there
are those who, in order to attack her, are willing to attack
Italy as a result, and observed: "It is obvious that if things
were like this, that is, that we were the objects of
disinformation because of the positions we have at an
international level and that there are those in Italy who lend
themselves to being a sounding board for them on purpose, I
would be sorry".
During the September call, recorded when Meloni was at the UN,
she references Ukraine war fatigue and the need to find a way
out of the conflict soon, apparently contradicting her public
stance backing Kyiv's territorial integrity and refusal to
negotiate.
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