Salvia requests that EU sanctions against Russia be lifted by the end of the year

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Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Mateo Salvini, said during a visit to Moscow on Monday that "they would like to" sanction the EU's sanctions of Russia by the end of the year ".

Salvini said that he would use every possible means to persuade the EU partners that Russia should abolish the sanctions imposed by the annexation and destabilization of Ukraine's East

"Veto is the last resort, but I have nothing left". Salvia "Italy is a European country that has been hit the hardest by the sanctions imposed on Russia." He also said that he wanted to create opportunities to work together for small and medium enterprises in both countries.

Russia's return to the G-7 would be "absolutely legitimate," Salvini said. Italian Prime Minister Juzeppe Konte said in June that his government supports the "review" of the sanctions imposed on Russia.