Monday, March 18, 2024

Split in Italian coalition over Russian elections


Vladimir Putin's landslide victory in the Russian presidential election has caused a split in Italy's coalition government.

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini - who leads the right-wing League party - conspicuously refused to join his coalition partners in condemning the elections as neither free nor fair.

Giles Gibson has more from Rome.

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