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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Apr 10, 2022, 03:05 PM Apr 2022

Italy's former Prime Minister "Bunga bunga" 'deeply disappointed and saddened' by Putin

MILAN (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday he was deeply disappointed and saddened by the behavior of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The tycoon, who for years enjoyed a close friendship with the Russian leader, said Putin had to take full responsibility in the eyes of the world over the invasion of Ukraine.

"I got to know him 20 years ago and he had always seemed to me a man of democracy and peace... what a pity," Berlusconi said, addressing a convention of his conservative Forza Italia party in Rome.

The comments were the first time Berlusconi has spoken in public of Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/italys-berlusconi-deeply-disappointed-saddened-175140815.html

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Italy's former Prime Minister "Bunga bunga" 'deeply disappointed and saddened' by Putin (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
'he had always seemed to me a man of democracy and peace.' elleng Apr 2022 #1
Translation: peppertree Apr 2022 #2
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