“Putin is not a loathed character by the majority of Europeans and Italians”; Maria Giovanna Maglie he spoke about the tsar in Controcorrente, in connection with Veronica Gentili on Rete 4. Even if he pointed out at the time: “I hate him and not from today”. The problem, according to the journalist, also lies with those who try to oppose the Russian president: “On the other hand, there is the idea of a weak Europe that cannot save our skins. The images of the war are images that show the extraordinary bravery of Ukrainians, but that interests Putin to a point.
Maglie then spoke about an episode told to her personally: “Today a group of my friends from the Onlus ‘Ripartiamo’ who were leaving Lviv to go to Mariupol were attacked by the Russians who took from them everything he was trying to do to bring refugees, like food and blankets. And the impression of these friends was that food was essential to them.
However, the journalist repeatedly criticized the way in which it was decided to respond to the invasion of Ukraine. For example, in a recent interview, he said that in the long term it will be Italy in particular that will risk it: “We have given up our needs, partly we are dependent on Russia, that is we are cold and dark”.
