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Crosetto in Il Foglio: “Russia has been provoking us for months. It would be foolish not to see it”

Speaking to our newspaper, the Defence Minister, following the Leipzig airport incident, discusses Moscow’s ongoing hybrid attacks on Europe: “The logic behind this eludes me, but the actions are clear, and the Kremlin’s intentions can be discerned from those actions.”

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Claudio Cerasa
3 SEP 26
Last updated: 07:03 AM
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Image of Crosetto in Il Foglio: “Russia has been provoking us for months. It would be foolish not to see it”
 “Russia has been provoking and testing us for months. It would be wrong and foolish not to recognise how many hybrid and physical attacks have targeted certain countries in recent months.” Defence Minister Guido Crosetto made these remarks to Il Foglio, speaking – following the incident at Leipzig Airport in Germany – about Russia’s ongoing interference in Europe, which is increasingly taking the form of hybrid attacks. “The logic behind it,” says Crosetto, “escapes me, but the actions are clear, and from those actions one can discern the Kremlin’s intentions.” The minister then points out where to look to better understand what is happening: “One need only look at the rise in recruitment to understand, for example, what future Moscow has in mind.”

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Nasce a Palermo nel 1982, vive a Roma da parecchio tempo, lavora al Foglio dal 2005 e da gennaio 2015 è direttore. Ha scritto qualche libro (“Le catene della destra” e “Le catene della sinistra”, con Rizzoli, “Io non posso tacere”, con Einaudi, “Tra l’asino e il cane. Conversazione sull’Italia”, con Rizzoli, “La Presa di Roma”, con Rizzoli, e "Ho visto l'uomo nero", con Castelvecchi), è su Twitter.

E’ interista, ma soprattutto palermitano. Va pazzo per i Green Day, gli Strokes, i Killers, i tortini al cioccolato e le ostriche ghiacciate. Due figli.