“I think that Venice needs to first assess the need for help, and then think and talk about what kind of help we will provide,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Shvydkoi noted that centuries-old relations have been linked to Venice with Russia, and the Russian people are “world-wide responsive,” and any tragedy resonates with him.
Earlier, the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brunyaro, called on all concerned to help the city with donations to restore it from the flood.
It was reported that as a result of heavy rains, the water level in the city rose to 183 cm on November 14.
According to the governor of the Italian region Veneto Luca Zayi, Venice faced "a total and apocalyptic flood."
Elena Maslova, a senior lecturer at the Department of Integration Processes at MGIMO, assessed the situation in Venice in an interview with Nation News.