(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 17 - The Russian foreign ministry said
Friday that it had summoned the Italian Ambassador in Moscow
Giorgio Starace.
The ministry said it expressed its "astonishment" to the
ambassador about the "recent cancellation of cultural events of
Russian artists in Italy".
It also said that it had informed Starace of Moscow's
"assessments" of "the current provision of weapons and military
equipment to the Kyiv regime, including offensive arms, the
training of Ukrainian military personnel and, in general, the
Western line of provoking an escalation of the conflict".
(ANSA).
Russia summons Italy's ambassador to Moscow
Moscow 'astonished' by cancellation of events by Russian artists