ROME – Italy summoned Russia’s ambassador on Monday to protest over criticism from Moscow of protection by the Italian media of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Italian international ministry stated in a press release it “rejected insinuations regarding the alleged involvement of our nation’s media in an anti-Russian marketing campaign”.
It added that it “firmly rejected accusations of amorality” levelled at sure unnamed Italian officers and journalists by the Russian international ministry.
The Russian embassy in Rome posted a press release on Fb saying Ambassador Sergey Razov had repudiated the criticism throughout his assembly with the secretary basic of Italy’s international ministry.
“He identified that the propaganda line that's dominating within the Italian media can hardly be certified in any other case than as hostile,” the assertion stated.
“He known as for moderation and stability, conventional for Italian international coverage, within the curiosity of sustaining constructive relations and cooperation between the Russian and Italian peoples in the long run.”
Russia’s denunciation of Italian media protection runs within the face of censure inside Italy itself of perceived pro-Russian bias by some influential tv information reveals.
An Italian parliamentary panel final month opened an investigation into allegations of “disinformation” on tv following the frequent look of Russian visitors on the nation’s information programmes through the warfare in Ukraine.
The Parliamentary Committee for the Safety of the Republic (Copasir), which oversees the intelligence companies, stated it was trying into “international interference and disinformation exercise” within the protection of the battle, now in its third month.
On Sunday, a information present on La7 channel was criticised after internet hosting a part of its prime-time programme in Moscow, giving ample air time to allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Veteran Italian newspaper editor Alessandro Sallusti, who was additionally invited to participate within the present, walked out in protest through the reside broadcast. “I'm witnessing whole servility to the worst sort of propaganda,” he stated.
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