Konashenkov noted that La Stampa in his articles manipulates “low-grade Russophobic fakes of the Cold War era” and uses what anonymous sources manage to invent “based on textbooks on anti-Soviet propaganda that have not yet decayed.”
“As for the attitude towards the real customers of the Russophobic media campaign in La Stampa, which we know - we recommend that you learn the ancient wisdom, - Qui fodit foveam, incidet in eam (who digs a hole for another, falls into it himself),” says his statement published Facebook Defense Ministry.
They also emphasized that these attacks will not force Russia to abandon Italy's assistance in combating the epidemic of coronavirus infection.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called fake La Stampa's publication on Italian humanitarian aid to Italy.
On March 27, the Russian Embassy in Italy sent a protest to La Stampa in connection with material about the futility of Russian assistance in the fight against COVID-19.
In an article by La Stampa, an unnamed source rated 80% of Russia's aid to Italy as “completely useless or of little use” for the republic.