New elections loom in Italy amid calls for Mattarella to be impeached

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3. I read in March that Italy is looking at Russia now instead of the US for leadersip

The Russian are totally trying to disrupt the EU zone.


But there is a fear among Italian, European and American officials that Russia is also using the same kind of behind-the-scenes influence and news media obfuscation it has employed in the United States and elsewhere, creating a tilt in Italy toward Moscow.

Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi complained privately to his counterparts about Russian meddling in his country’s politics by supporting anti-establishment parties. And websites controlled by a leader of the Five Star Movement, one of Italy’s most popular anti-establishment parties, have spread reports published on Sputnik Italia, an Italian version of the Russian state-funded news operation.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/world/europe/russia-courts-italy-in-us-absence.html

I read this similar article in the international New York Times in March of this year in Italy on vacation.