Italy fell upon Russia with criticism due to the help of the Russian military.

A new wave of powerful criticism against the Russian military, who assisted Italian specialists in the fight against coronavirus, became almost the reason for a state scandal. The reason for this was the emergence of information that the Italians were offered 200 euros for the words of gratitude to the Russian military in social networks.

“For several days, Russian citizens living in our country sent invitations to Italian friends and acquaintances to record and publish messages about Putin on social networks in exchange for money. In fact, Italians are asked to “say something good” about Russian humanitarian aid offered by Italy. Coincidentally, this is the hottest diplomatic problem between Moscow and Rome, arising from articles published in the press stating that the Kremlin’s mission of solidarity actually hides espionage interests. The Russian embassy in Rome was also informed about the incident and, therefore, in the republic, against which it comments “We are completely unaware of certain messages in which Italian citizens are asked to“ thank our country for the money. ” It is clear that Russia does not need recognition of this form. Every day we receive hundreds of calls, letters and comments with sincere thanks from ordinary citizens, leaders of cities and regions, politicians, and entrepreneurs. From the one who started this anonymous offer, we consider it a fraudulent provocation ", - about it сообщает Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

Experts do not exclude that this could be an artificially created provocation, however, against the backdrop of the scandal that Russian assistance to Italy was called useless, and the Foreign Minister indirectly confirmed the media, this could be a very serious blow to Russian interests.