What is said and what is not said about Talò and Russian comedians in Italy
Facts and comments on the case of the phone call orchestrated by Russian comedians (comedians?) with the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. Francis Walsingham's letter
Dear director,
you invite me to read Italian newspapers better and in greater quantity and not just foreign ones; and I'm working hard. But on the story of the phone call orchestrated by Russian comedians (comedians?) with the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, I also checked social media, web newspapers and even TV.
But it's babel. So I rely on a friend who works in the Services and obviously also picks up moods and discontent in the Farnesina. He tells me: “For Putin, trying to ridicule Meloni internationally at this moment represents perfect timing. A dialogue with a representative of the African Union talking about Ukraine, two topics (that of relations with Africa and the Italian positions on the war in Ukraine) on which Italy has taken anti-Russian positions, would also be a signal for those was able to understand it."
In short, I am convinced of the seriousness of the episode, which some have underlined more clearly than others, for example Mario Sechi, director of the newspaper Libero , and the former Interior Minister, Marco Minniti .
And on a web newspaper specialized in defense and security – increasingly close to the positions of the Brothers of Italy and the government – I also read this: "The opposition together with the media circus tried to mock Meloni and look for the culprits without realizing I realized that it wasn't a joke by Gianni Boncompagni or some radio station. It was a sophisticated act of war."
Well said, I agree. Maybe it's not war, but hybrid war.
Right.
It's fair to say that the phone call is effectively an act of hybrid warfare.
It's fair to say that Russian comedians are close to the Moscow intelligence services and have Putinian positions.
It's fair to say that the goal was to bring out lukewarm pro-Ukraine positions.
But emphasizing and underlining – as the newspapers closest to the government do – that it was a Russian operation that succeeded in any case implies a corollary: the observation that there were (enormous) flaws in the security of Palazzo Chigi.
I wonder, therefore, how can we not also criticize people and actions of the Presidency of the Council if the Russian move was successfully perpetrated against Italy, and only highlight the danger of the operation of the pro-Putin comedians (comedians?) , as was clearly understood yesterday during the Otto e Mezzo broadcast hosted by Lilli Gruber on La7.
Is it possible that those who are pro-government, pro-Services and pro-Farnesina regardless – always and in any case aligned with the power of the moment – do not realize the contradiction into which they fall?
Evidently not given that until a few seconds before the resignation of Francesco Talò (in the photo), the diplomatic advisor of Palazzo Chigi, Talò himself was praised by everyone, or rather by the entire press.
Best regards,
Francis Walsingham
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/telefonata-meloni-comici-russi-talo/ on Sat, 04 Nov 2023 06:21:01 +0000.