Because Razov’s putinations are really too many
Moves and objectives of the Russian ambassador to Italy. Gianfranco Polillo's comment
Be careful not to let Putin win. Not in the fight against the Ukrainian people, whose heroic resistance is giving the Siberian bear a hard time. But in the soft underbelly of Europe, where the confrontation risks being between a cowardly democracy and a ferocious despotism. From this point of view, it is not enough to exalt the pluralism of political positions as an element of superiority over Russian monolithism. Being able to speak and discuss freely is obviously a precious asset to be preserved. But defending this principle requires a great sense of responsibility. Inviolable rights and mandatory duties, pursuant to article 2 of our Constitution, have their own symmetrical declination.
The French political elections were a worrying sign. Not so much for the loss of support from Ensamble, the movement headed by Emmanuel Macron, but for the fraying of the political system. A dive back towards that IV Republic that De Gaulle had archived. Nothing to worry about at the moment. There is scope for recovering a majority capable of governing. But even in this case it is necessary to leverage the sense of responsibility of those who oppose useless extremisms: the real great allies, more or less aware, of Vladimir Putin.
In Italy we are not in better shape. The 5 stars are obviously stirring the waters. Or rather the Contian component of that Movement, in search of a lost identity. That great leap backwards, as repeatedly denounced by Luigi Di Maio, who would like to bring the hands of the clock back to before the "conticide". As Marco Travaglio, great inspirer of the moves of the "people's advocate", continues to repeat. With the only difference that, in that distant period, Putin had not made the great gamble. The price of oil was still below $ 70 a barrel. The Covid epidemic was raging, fueling pockets of discontent under the No vax banner.
Ignoring the state of emergency in which not only Italy but the whole of Europe lives, Giuseppe Conte, on the other hand, seems determined to use the spariglio card. In view of the upcoming elections, he would like to intercept the votes of the discontented. Which, as the results of the last administrative offices show, represent a very large portion of those with voting rights. For this, he attacks Mario Draghi and would like to put a stop to the supply of weapons in favor of Ukrainian patriots. What then does not have the courage to say it openly is just a small tactical expedient, which qualifies the character. It is difficult to evaluate the realism of such a strategy. The doubts are many. The obvious certainties: this is how Putin's game is played in the meantime.
Suffice it to see, in this regard, the unusual activism of the Russian embassy in Rome. That attempt to destabilize the Italian political framework, operating both on the right and on the left. Obviously with different techniques, to get the best result. With regard to Salvini's League, the spy story began on 10 June with an article by Giacomo Amadori, from the columns of La Verità. That article described the multiform activities of Antonio Capuano, the man from Moscow who had to organize the “captain's” trip. Destination: the Kremlin. The tickets, says La Verità, citing The Insider, were allegedly purchased by an employee of the Russian embassy: Oleg Kustyukov. Son of the powerful director of the GRU: the intelligence service of the Armed Forces.
It could have ended there. And instead, the next day, here is the ambiguous confirmation from the Russian embassy in Rome. “Salvini's trip – an official statement read – was scheduled for May 29th. But since, due to EU sanctions, direct flights on the Rome-Moscow route were suspended, it was necessary for the Italian delegation to purchase airline tickets for an Aeroflot flight from Istanbul to Moscow. Due to the sanctions in force against this airline, it is difficult to buy tickets for its flights from the territory of the European Union. The embassy assisted Salvini and the people accompanying him in purchasing the airline tickets they needed in rubles through a Russian travel agency ”. In short: the tickets had been bought by the Russians and then refunded.
On the opposite side, that of the 5 stars, a more sophisticated circumventing maneuver. This time, Ambassador Sergey Razov takes the field directly, in his recent interview with Scenari Internazionali “The logic according to which the massive supply of arms to Ukraine would be a means of achieving peace – he said – seems at least bizarre to me. In essence, it is a question of feeding the conflict situation endlessly, prolonging it and multiplying the victims and destruction. " Words that should recall other positions, such as those of Alessandro Orsini, who has always been a theorist of an unjust peace and, therefore, at least at the moment, completely impracticable. With one aggravating circumstance, however: who owns the original copyright?
Razov, does not let himself be distracted, preferring to go to the point "This logic – he added – as far as I know, is far from being shared by everyone, even in Italy". Which is to say: I'm working on it. And the results, in terms of general disgrace, thanks to the strategy of Giuseppe Conte, although former Prime Minister, unfortunately, can be seen.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/perche-sono-davvero-troppe-le-putinate-di-razov/ on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:23:25 +0000.