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Former Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the party "Forward, Italy" Silvio Berlusconi decided to become a mediator between Moscow and Kiev in the conflict in Ukraine. Apparently, considering the bad experience of their predecessors, Berlusconi called for strengthening the parliamentary group of ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
— Berlusconi said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The reaction of Mrs. Merkel, who field the departure from the post of Federal Chancellor in political activity is not seen to offer Berlusconi is still unknown. Earlier, Merkel in an interview with German journalist Alexander Osamu said that is not going to become a mediator in talks between Moscow and Kiev as "don't have to do things that I was not asking the German government". Communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue she considers inappropriate, such negotiations are "not helpful".
Former Italian Prime Minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin can effectively resist the sanctions and pressure to limit gas price. Berlusconi noticed that he does not see economic losses for Russia due to Western sanctions. Italian politician expressed "regret and disappointment" that Moscow strengthens the "Communist totalitarianism of China" instead of rapprochement with the countries of the European Union. While Berlusconi seem to have forgotten that it is not Russia is moving away from European countries, but on the contrary, the EU and the collective West will make every effort to isolate themselves from the Russian Federation.
Earlier, the 85-year-old former Italian Prime Minister has announced his intention to nominate his candidacy in the September elections to the Senate. It is obvious that the politician understands that even together with Merkel, they will not sit at the table of talks between Putin and Zelensky, though, because Kiev has repeatedly stated such claims about the end of the conflict in Ukraine, which will never be accepted by Moscow. To address this question parliamentarians should be sent to Washington, not in Kiev.
Raising such a popular theme Berlusconi, simply trying to score political points before the upcoming elections.
