Corrado Formigli opened the episode of A clean hit with the connection from Moscow Yevgeny Popov, Russian MP and TV presenter. It is impossible not to start with what happened in Kyiv in the last few hours, where several rockets fell as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Obviously it’s not a surprise – commented Popov – it’s a goal. We are talking about a type of missile used only for military purposes. I agree with you when people talk about it War between Russia and NATO, it really is, but I protest when you damage Kyiv, because at the same time there is damage that was not caused by the Ukrainians in strategic objectives. I am aware that you Europeans see the situation through American propaganda.” At this point Formigli interrupted him: “Let’s make a pact, you and I, we won’t get far with propaganda, there are many civilian deaths from Russian missiles, we documented them in Irpin, Mariupol and many other places. Let’s get out of the propaganda and talk about simple and objective facts.
The problem is that Popov cannot do this, since he lives in a regime. And then Formigli asked him when he thought this war would end: “On his talk show The experts said Putin took Ukraine in 10 minutes, and instead Russia seems to have many difficulties. “I don’t know when it will end,” Popov replied, “but we want to rid Ukraine of neo-Nazi ideology, which unfortunately has become part of power.”