The Russian ambassador to Italy, Sergey Razov, spoke this afternoon as a guest of Bruno Vespa, during the recording of "Porta a Porta", broadcast on Thursday 6 October at 11.30 pm on Rai1.
"We have no intention of participating in the nuclear escalation.
Razov said, when asked about the subject." There is no threat or blackmail - he added - we have a military doctrine on nuclear deterrence where it is clearly indicated where it is possible to use atomic weapons from our part.
That is,
we can use nuclear weapons if it creates a direct threat to our state
.
Everything else is speculation by Western partners and the media. "
The media, for the Russian diplomat, on the war in Ukraine are a source of disinformation: "Every day, for work, I browse the main Italian newspapers and
fake news is the lightest thing that can be said
about what is often published, in the Western mass media, including the Italian ones, things are published that a normal person can read and listen to only when condemned by a court or in a state of narcosis ".
"There has been no annexation, we call it accession
. "
This is the response of the Russian ambassador regarding the Ukrainian regions where the referendums took place.
Razov added that "according to the UN charters, the principle of the possibility of self-determination of the peoples is sanctioned,
who have voted in a democratic referendum
, and 99% have expressed themselves in favor of membership".
Moreover, "for 8 years thousands of people have died in the Donbass", he concluded.
Razov then recalled that Russian leader
Putin recently said he was in favor of negotiating with the Ukrainians
, "But a few days later
Zelensky issued a decree saying that Ukraine will not conduct negotiations with Putin
. Evidently we have to wait for a change of views from part of the Ukrainian president or the change of president ".
As for the sabotage of
the Nord Stream gas pipeline
"I understand that strange images can be created under the influence of russophobic propaganda but
I guarantee that we are not idiots
".
Razov said referring to the hypothesis of Russian sabotage of the pipeline.
On Russian gas supplies, particularly in the balance in the last week after the blockade and then the reactivation of flows at the Tarvisio border: "
I don't know what the problem is with Russian gas
: for 50 years we have supplied gas to Europe in a stable manner and to Italy without any problem. Last year, we supplied 30 billion cubic meters and we were ready to continue to supply it, but
Italy, together with its European allies, decided
to free itself as quickly as possible from Russian energy dependence,
it wasn't our choice
. "
On the political instability of our country, the Russian ambassador said with a smile: "The Italian government that is being formed will be the seventh one during my mandate. Your instability is the sign of your stability".
Adding to "love" Italy, "where I have lived for 9 years".