Salvini under fire for refusing to blame Putin for Navalny - Politics.com. Rightwing League leader, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini was still under fire Wednesday.
He refused to blame Russian President VladimirPutin for the death in a Siberian prison Friday of prominent dissident and opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He also got more flak amid the League's reported failure to formally sever ties to Putin's party, United Russia, opposition leader Elly Schlein said.