"And if the assassination of Putin was the only way out" of the war in Ukraine?
The Russian ambassador to Italy filed a complaint on Friday against the daily La Stampa after the publication of an editorial examining the hypothesis of the elimination of the Russian president.
In an article published on March 22, the journalist and war reporter Domenico Quirico wrote: "Military intervention being ruled out, the diplomatic solution inoperative, all that remains is to theorize the assassination of the Tsar at the hand of a close.
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"The number one plan of Biden, NATO and the Europeans is this: have someone in Moscow assassinate Putin, freeing us of the burden," he said.
But this war reporter kidnapped twice, in Libya in 2011 and then in Syria in 2013, concludes: “Are we certain that the violent elimination of the tyrant would not cause even worse chaos?
We can only be pessimistic”.
“It is not the Russian ambassador who can teach us journalism”
The Russian ambassador to Italy, Sergei Razov, filed a complaint Friday morning with the Rome prosecutor's office for instigation to the crime.
On leaving the courthouse, the diplomat denounced an article “which violates ethics, morals and the rules of journalism”.
When questioned, the director of La Stampa denied "unfounded accusations".
“Domenico illustrated this theory to dismantle it (...).
Beyond the moral question, he writes that the remedy would be worse than the disease because it would risk exacerbating the spirit of revenge of deep Russia, ”pleaded Massimo Giannini.
He also said he rejects “the lessons of those who process information in the way that is known in their own country.
It is not the Russian ambassador who can teach us journalism”.
La Stampa received the support of several political parties and many officials, including the head of government Mario Draghi.
"I want to express my solidarity with all the journalists of La Stampa and its director, Mr. Giannini," Mario Draghi told the press in Brussels after the European summit.
Commenting on the Russian diplomat's complaint, he added that "basically he is the ambassador of a country where there is no freedom of the press".
“And with us, there is (freedom of the press, editor’s note).
We are better at home, much better, ”he said.
Earlier in the day, Italian Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova had defended “the freedom of Italian journalists to write and exercise their profession”.
"This is the substantial difference between Italy, Europe, liberal democracies and Putin's Russia, where citizens are arrested only because they call a war a war," he said on his Twitter account. .