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Italy, while asking Washington to be admitted to Five Eyes, the most powerful US-led spy alliance in the world, boycott the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to the detriment of its national interests.

Two events – one in the West and one in the East – are emblematic of the changes in the international picture: the Copasir mission in Washington (Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic); the International Economic Forum promoted by Russia in St. Petersburg, of which journalist Daria Platonova, geopolitics expert, reports.

Copasir president at the press conference in Washington, Adolfo D’Urso, stated that none of the four service reports examined by Copasir has anything to do with the Corriere della Sera dossier on the “Putinians of Italy”. The deputy director of Corriere Fiorenza Sarzanini must therefore explain if the dossier was invented or if she drafted it on the basis of “information” received under the table by the secret services.

As a further contribution to the “security of the Republic”, the president of Copasir urged the admission of Italy to the Five Eyes, the most powerful US spy alliance in the world, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, because Italy is

“a frontier land and a hinge with respect to the Russian projection, Chinese, but I could also say the survival of Africa to the Islamic threat and related issues “.

At the same time, Italy boycotted the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, dove, with large participation also from Africa, issues of primary importance were addressed. As the New York Times also documents, the move by the West to block imports of oil and gas from Russia is a boomerang especially for Europe, since China and India buy them at discounted prices, opening new outlets to Russia in the East. By excluding itself from a new large international market that s forming in the context of a multipolar world, Italy compromises its own national interests.

All this is hidden by our political-media mainstream, which makes us believe that the whole world has condemned and isolated Russia, while – as documented by the important Wilson Center in Washington – “the countries that sanctioned Russia for Ukraine represent only the 16% of the world population “.

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Manlio Dinucci, award winning author, geopolitical analyst and geographer, Pisa, Italy. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

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