Fiasco for Matteo Salvini. During a visit to the Polish city of Przemysl to help refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 8, the leader of the Italian sovereignists was criticized by the mayor. The latter reproached him for being a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past.
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“We want to express our deep respect to all Italian organizations, all companies in Italy that support us,” the city council member said at first. Before continuing: “At the same time, we have a personal note addressed to Senator Salvini. I have a present for you.” He then waved a flocked t-shirt with a picture of Vladimir Putin’s face, which could be read in Russian: “Putin’s army.”
(Per quelli che “ma è vero?”)
Ricevo questo video e pubblico #bakoonCindaco di Przemysl:
“#Salvini io is not al ricewo. Venga con me al limits condannare #Insert” #UkraineRussianWar pic.twitter.com/it42BQaKPH
— Simone Alliva (@SimoneAlliva) March 8, 2022
This is the same T-shirt worn by Matteo Salvini with thumbs up in a 2014 photo taken on Red Square and posted on social media. “We would like to go with you to the border and to the refugee reception center to see what your friend Putin has done, what the person you call your friend has done with these people who cross the border in the amount of 50,000 people a day. the mayor told him. He then invited him to go with him to these refugees, “on the condition that he wear this T-shirt.” Matteo Salvini then eclipsed him by launching “sorry, sorry… We help refugees” while an Italian journalist insulted him.
Or this one? pic.twitter.com/xA6FTzQPjk
— Telmo Baltazar (@BaltazarTel) March 8, 2022
Matteo Salvini has been criticized since the start of the Russian offensive for openly suggesting admiration for the Russian president over the years. “Men like [Vladimir Poutine]who have the interests of their citizens in their hearts, Italy will need dozens,” he calculated. The head of the Kremlin himself spoke of him in a friendly way: “Salvini has a warm attitude towards our country, he knows Russian realities well,” he admitted in 2019.