Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Defends Vladimir Putin's invasion

Ahead of Sundays election in Italy which is expected to return Berlusconi's party to power as part of a Right wing coalition the former PM has shared some pearls of wisdom about the invasion and his friends reasons for doing it.

A narrative alleging the Ukrainian government was slaughtering Russian speakers in the east of the country was created by the media in Moscow, Mr Berlusconi told Italian TV.

He said the reporting, pushed by separatist forces and nationalist politicians in the Russian government, had left Mr Putin with no choice but to launch a limited invasion.

"Putin was pushed by the Russian population, by his party and by his ministers to invent this special operation," he said.

"The troops were supposed to enter, reach Kyiv in a week, replace the Zelensky government with decent people and a week later come back," Mr Berlusconi added.

"Instead they found an unexpected resistance, which was then fed by arms of all kinds from the West."
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So for those pushing that narrative , well Silvio doesn't agree and he's a mate of Vlad's so probably knows better , and TBH Berlusconi's narrative would make more sense to me than Putin just flipping his lid and deciding to emulate Peter the Great.

a reply to: gortex

Mi scusi, I amma gonna be telling you a tall tale now.

You musta really, really believe me.


Jesus what an amateur.



Eta: have you seen televised meetings with Putin and his cabinet?

They are like frightened schoolboys in his presence.

None of them push or pressure Putin into doing anything.


So why would Berlusconi make up this spicy meat-a-ball?


To make Putin appear weak first and try to sow discord in the top structure second.


Eta2:not aimed at you I appreciate the thread.

a reply to: gortex

It’s all about selling narratives, the truth is one faction of gangsters wants what the other faction of gangsters have, and they make ordinary plebs fight and pay for it.

Send him to Russia

Its the only way to break the propaganda induced delusions