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The leader of the right-wing nationalist party Fratelli d’Italia fell for a caller who identified himself as Azali Assoumani, president of the African Union (AU) and head of state of the Comoros, as her office confirmed in Rome on Wednesday. In reality, the Russian duo Vowan and Lexus were behind it.
Meloni’s office confirmed that such a call took place on September 18, ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Italian government has not commented on the contents. However, extracts have been published in Russia, for example by the Ria Novosti news agency. The two Russians – whose real names are Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov – had fooled foreign politicians in this way several times.
According to this information, in view of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine that has been going on since February last year, Meloni said that there is “great fatigue on all sides.” The sentence is presented as a quote: “The time is approaching when everyone will understand that we need a way out.” She also has ‘some ideas’ about this, but wants to wait a little longer for the right moment.
According to Russian information, the conversation also touched on the topic of migration. Meloni says: “Europe has long believed that it could solve the problem by limiting it to Italy. The problem is that the others don’t care.” Meloni came into government a year ago promising to get illegal immigration under control. In fact, it is likely that more boat people will arrive in Italy via the Mediterranean this year than ever before.
The then German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace also fell for calls from the Russian duo. For the conversation with Merkel, one of the two posed as former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. In Russia, her trolling actions are often celebrated by pro-Kremlin media and commentators.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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