Putin finances Italian party

Via https://twitter.com/David_K_Clark/st...46220162949120

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Huge story breaking in Italy. Putin agreed to a request from Lega Nord leader Matteo Salvini to covertly finance his Euro election campaign. The plan was to conceal the payment behind an apparently normal business deal. Sound familiar?

Source : http://espresso.repubblica.it/inchie...ussia-1.331835

I'm unfamiliar with the source and can't read Italian. Anyone better able to evaluate this?

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