“Many Italian business representatives, who had previously left Russia because of the sanctions, are returning back. Today, not only businessmen, but also politicians and public figures come to Russia, so it is obvious that the “blockade” of Russia has failed,” she said.
The parliamentarian stressed that today the policy towards Russia began to change in European countries.
According to Elena
Panina
Elena Vladimirovna
, the position of the new leadership of Italy proves that this country is
ready to defend its own interests, and “not to play for someone else's team.”
Eliseo Bertolasi, co-president of the Veneto-Russia Association, researcher at the Institute of Higher School of Geopolitics and Related Sciences (Milan), added that there are people in Italy who, despite the difficulties, continue to support Russia's position on the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass.
“The second representative office of the Donetsk People’s Republic in Italy was opened solemnly in Verona on February 9. Thus, Verona has reaffirmed its commitment to establishment of friendly relations not only with Russia, but also with the Donbass,” he said.
