Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said today he was “deeply disappointed and saddened by the behavior of Vladimir Putin”, with whom he was close, but who took “a very serious responsibility to the whole world” with his attack on Ukraine. .
“I can not and do not want to hide the fact that I am deeply disappointed with the behavior of Vladimir Putin, who has taken a very serious responsibility to the whole world,” said Forza Italia, a member of the far-right Forza Italia party in Rome. a broad coalition backed by Mario Draghi-led government.
“I met him almost twenty years ago and he always seemed to me a democrat and a man of peace,” said the 85-year-old billionaire, who served three times as prime minister between 1994 and 2011. Mr Berlusconi had so far refrained from publicly criticizing Putin. .
When in power, Berlusconi had maintained personal friendships with the Russian president, going so far as to invite him on holiday to his luxurious mansion in Sardinia.
“In the face of the horror of the massacre of civilians in Bhutan and other areas, real war crimes, Russia can not deny its responsibilities,” Berlusconi said.
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