Pd signs no-confidence motion in Salvini. Salvini has been under fire in recent days for refusing to blame Putin for the death in a Siberian prison Friday of prominent dissident and opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The motion already has the support of the centre-left opposition Five Star Movement (M5S) led by former prime minister Giuseppe Conte. Calenda said the League is "still pro-Putin, albeit less openly than in the past, out of political calculation"