Matteo Salvini’s Unofficial Kremlin Fixer Sat In On Official Meetings In Moscow. Nobody Seems To Know Why. buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
This weird tale begins with a photo tweeted by Salvini from a meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart. It shows the president of an Italian pro-Kremlin cultural association with links to religious far-right movements in Russia sitting on the Italian side of the table 
I asked the individual in question in what capacity was he in the meeting. In an email, he said he was part of Salvini’s delegation as a “member of the minister’s staff.” But the ministry says he wasn't on the internal list of the ministry’s delegation for the Moscow trip
The ministry did not respond to questions asking to clarify the exact relationship between the interior minister and Savoini, in what capacity he attended the meetings in Moscow, and whether he had the necessary security clearance to participate in the discussions that took place
So I asked Savoini if he could provide more details about his role. He said, he collaborated directly with Salvini on the basis of his requests. As they've known each other since forever
He also explained that he’d helped organise all of Salvini’s trips to Moscow, and took part in past meetings with President Vladimir Putin in 2014, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and other senior Russian officials
His origanisation's mission is to promote Putin's world view. Its chair, Alexey Komov, the Russian rep of the World Congress of Families, a global movement that fights against LGBT & abortion rights, spoke at Lega's congress in 2013, the year Salvini was elected party leader
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