Milan prosecutors on Thursday
opened a probe into alleged funds received by the far-right
League party from Russia.
The League has denied reports in Italian newsweekly
L'Espresso and on US news site Buzzfeed alleging the League
received such funds.
Prosecutors Fabio De Pasquale, Gaetano Ruta and Sergio
Spadaro have posited possible charges of international
corruption in the case, judicial sources said.
League leader Matteo Salvini, the deputy premier and interior
minister, on Thursday reiterated that "we have had zero Russian
funds, it's clear that we are treading on someone's toes".
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