Vladimir Solovyov criticized Italian oil company Eni for what he perceived as its hypocrisy.
The issue is more complex than Solovyov makes out, because Eni is effectively still paying in euros to avoid sanctions. They just have euro and ruble accounts, and Gazprom does the currency swap itself.
Solovyov then criticized Italy for forgetting about Russia's"aid" to Italy during its first wave of COVID-19, where they sent a team of what Moscow said were doctors.The pro-Putin presenter fails to mention this in his rant. "By the way, Italians, do you remember who helped you during coronavirus? No? The ordinary people remember," he said.
"But all of you there, who've holed up in the government, who are now opening your mouths, and are starting to have a go at Russia...Do you remember? Super Mario! Mario Draghi! The unelected prime minister [of Italy]," he added. "Does he actually realize what the people of Italy really think? Or as is often the case, does it not bother anyone? Because Europe is now governed by people elected in practice by nobody."Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his"special military operation" in Ukraine on February 24, initially with the intention of capturing the capital Kyiv.
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