The centre-left opposition Democratic
Party (Pd) on Thursday signed the motion of no-confidence in
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini tabled by
centrist opposition party Azione of Carlo Calenda in relation to
his right-wing League party's ties with Russian President
Vladimir Putin's party United Russia.
The motion already has the support of the centre-left opposition
Five Star Movement (M5S) led by former premier Giuseppe Conte.
Salvini has been under fire in recent days for refusing to blame
Putin for the death in a Siberian prison Friday of prominent
dissident and opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as well as for
the League's reported failure to formally sever ties to United
Russia.
Calenda said the League is "still pro-Putin, albeit less openly
than in the past, out of political calculation" and that his
party would file a no confidence motion in the deputy premier
unless he formally announced that his party's ties to United
Russia have been ended.
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