WikiLeaks Cables puts US diplomats startling suspicions that Silvio Berlusconi may be "profiting personally and handsomely" from secret deals with the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, according to cables released by WikiLeaks.Exasperated by Berlusconi's pro-Russian behaviour, American embassy staff detail allegations circulating in Rome that the Italian leader has been promised a cut of huge energy contracts.Two leaders to be personally close, hence allegations emerge of a financial link.
US ambassador in Rome, Ronald Spogli, first reported the claims in a series of dispatches in 2008-09. He said the prime minister had taken "single-handed" control of Italy's dealings with Moscow, with the over-riding aim of pleasing the Russian leader.
Berlusconi acted as a "mouthpiece" for Putin, he reported, supporting him in public when Russia was being criticised.Media Reports
US ambassador in Rome, Ronald Spogli, first reported the claims in a series of dispatches in 2008-09. He said the prime minister had taken "single-handed" control of Italy's dealings with Moscow, with the over-riding aim of pleasing the Russian leader.
Berlusconi acted as a "mouthpiece" for Putin, he reported, supporting him in public when Russia was being criticised.Media Reports
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