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Russia escalates hybrid warfare against Italy

Russia is ramping up hybrid warfare in Italy, combining cyberattacks, disinformation, and influence operations to weaken Rome’s support for Ukraine

The Kremlin’s tactics include direct verbal attacks on President Mattarella, targeting Italian academia, and leveraging ideological narratives through figures like Alexander Dugin. Meanwhile, the Kremlin has escalated its rhetoric, with Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova launching a second verbal attack on President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella within a month. In a recent interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano, the famous anti-Western Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin framed Italy’s populist leadership as having “betrayed” its true roots by aligning with the EU.

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