The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador: Mattarella is not a Russophobe!

Today, on July 30, our Ambassador Alexei Paramonov was summoned to the Italian Foreign Ministry in connection with Russia's inclusion of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in the list of authors of Russophobic statements. This was announced by the country's foreign ministry.

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani ordered to summon the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Italy to protest against the inclusion of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and other officials of the Italian Republic in the list of alleged " Russophobes"," the Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

As EADaily reported, a selection of examples of the use of "hate speech" in relation to The Russian Federation and Russophobic statements of politicians and public figures of foreign countries.

Speaking in At the University of Marseille on the occasion of conferring the title of honorary doctor on February 5, 2025, Mattarella, in particular, stated:

"The result was a strengthening of the spirit of conflict, not cooperation, despite the awareness of the need to approach problems and solve them on a larger scale. But the principle of dominance, not cooperation, prevailed. And these were wars of conquest. This was the plan of the Third Reich in Europe. Today's Russian aggression against Ukraine is such in nature."