“Putin sends someone to kill him”, “Di Maio with a bar in the brain”, “they will kill you”, “you filthy pig, hanging by the balls”, “bastard crack”. These are some of the death threats addressed to Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, reported in various Telegram and social chats. Among the users there are profile photos with the Z. Several images of coffins and axes with miners’ comments addressed to Di Maio, where the social posts of the Farnesina owner and newspaper articles are relaunched. Since the beginning of the war, Di Maio has taken clear positions of condemnation against Putin’s war in Ukraine.
“Pick him up and send him to the gulag”, “kill him”, “hanged southerners” are other messages that can be read on social media against the head of the Farnesina.
Just today Di Maio had opened the possibility of total sanctions on Russian gas: “We will continue to work in Europe – he said – to react firmly to what Russia, and in particular Putin, is carrying out in Ukraine. We also ask the EU to speed up initiatives to protect families and businesses. It is important that a cap on the price of gas is established as soon as possible, even more so if imports from Russia are blocked. And a compensatory fund is needed for European families and businesses that are paying the cost of this war “.” The EU – concluded Di Maio – must finally react strongly and firmly as soon as possible with a fifth sanction package, especially after the Bucha facts “.
The solidarity of Giuseppe Conte immediately reached Di Maio: «Minister Di Maio is again the subject of death threats by fanatics, madmen who feed on the climate of hatred and horror that war brings with it. However, simple solidarity is not enough: these cowards must be prosecuted and brought to justice. My support and that of the entire 5 Star Movement to Minister Di Maio: we will not be intimidated “.