Putin, 'Russia and Italy united by art and desire for freedom' - Last hour. Russia and Italy are united by the love of art and the "desire for freedom": Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this today while meeting a young Italian at the International Youth Forum in Sochi.
It is the second time in about two weeks that Putin has highlighted the closeness between the two countries, as he did on February 20 in a conversation during a forum in Moscow with student Irene Cecchini.