ROME: Italian premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday tried to answer parliament’s questions about an alleged bid by Matteo Salvini’s League party to broker covert Russian funding after the far-right minister refused.Interior Minister Salvini, an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has denied taking Moscow’s money, called a national security council meeting that coincided with the timing of the Senate’s Russia questions.The anti-immigrant League’s coalition partner the Five Star Movement (M5S), which was elected on a strong anti-corruption platform, boycotted the session over Salvini’s refusal to attend.Prosecutors are probing a meeting between Salvini ally Gianluca Savoini, two other Italians and …read more
Source: theSun
