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NEW: Flight Records Show That Matteo Salvini's Close Aide Made A Lot Of Mysterious Trips to Moscow Around The Time Of That Proposed Secret Oil Deal
Joint investigation with @bellingcat and The Insider
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert… via @albertonardelli
Joint investigation with @bellingcat and The Insider
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert… via @albertonardelli
@bellingcat @AlbertoNardelli Gianluca Savoini travelled to Moscow 3 times in the immediate run-up to meeting at the Metropol Hotel last October, and a further three times in the weeks after.
He made a total of 14 trips to Russia in 2018, the flight records show.
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
He made a total of 14 trips to Russia in 2018, the flight records show.
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
Our investigation has also established that a member of Matteo Salvini's ministerial staff was booked on the same flight to Moscow as Savoni on Oct 16, and the same flight back on Oct 18, just hours after the Metropol meeting where the oil deal was discussed
Salvini has refused to answer questions on what he knew about the oil deal and has distanced himself from Savoini.
The fact that Claudio D’Amico, his Salvini’s strategic advisor on international affairs, was booked on same plane ratchets up the pressure on Italian deputy PM
The fact that Claudio D’Amico, his Salvini’s strategic advisor on international affairs, was booked on same plane ratchets up the pressure on Italian deputy PM
And there's another twist.
BuzzFeed News, Bellingcat and The Insider can reveal that none of Savoini's dozens of entries to Russia appear on the country’s Central Database for the Registration of Foreigners, known as the "migrant database”.
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
BuzzFeed News, Bellingcat and The Insider can reveal that none of Savoini's dozens of entries to Russia appear on the country’s Central Database for the Registration of Foreigners, known as the "migrant database”.
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
Absolute privilege to work with @bellingcat and @the_ins_ru on this. Here's their version of the story
@bellingcat @the_ins_ru Here are all Gianluca Savoini's booked flights to Moscow for 2018-19. You can see how the frequency ramps up in the run-up to the October meeting at the Metropol and in the weeks after.
And here's @AlbertoNardelli's original bombshell story revealing a secret recording of the Metropol meeting where Savoini, two Italians and three Russians discussed covertly channeling tens of millions of dollars to Matteo Salvini's far-right party
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
