"We hear the assessments and statements of many international leaders and experienced politicians. Obviously, Silvio Berlusconi is one of them. He is a reasonable man who does not try to paint everything in black and white, does not try to escalate tensions in the world under the slogan of the struggle of democracy against autocracy". This is what Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov is talking about, thus responding to a question from the Italian press on the position of the FI leader with respect to the conflict in Ukraine.
"Berlusconi - he added - understands the need to solve the problems on which our lives depend".