League leader Matteo Salvini
should "clarify" why he was in Moscow with former spokesman
Gianluca Savoini when the latter, chair of the Lombardy-Russia
association, allegedly discussed Russian funding via oil
kickbacks with three Russians in a Moscow hotel, Premier
Giuseppe Conte said Wednesday.
Conte told a press conference that it was "surprising" that
Salvini was allegedly reluctant to clear up the 'Russian
funding' case.
A RAI TV programme, Report, on Monday said Salvini and
Savoini were both involved in building up links with Russia and
a transnational network of nationalist parties.
Anti-migrant Euroskeptic League leader Salvini has described
the allegations that Savoini discussed getting 65 million
dollars in oil kickbacks as "ridiculous".
He has suggested that Savoini was acting alone.
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