Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian leader and linchpin of the incoming right-wing government, blames Ukraine’s president for pushing President Vladimir V. Putin to invade. By Jason Horowitz ...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was caught on audio bragging that he reconnected with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged boozy gifts and “sweet letters ...

"I have reconnected with President Putin - a little, a lot," Berlusconi was heard saying. "He sent me 20 bottles of vodka and a really sweet letter for my birthday. I responded with 20 bottles of ...

With the death of Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost one of his few remaining friends in Europe. Putin’s long-standing friendship with the former ...

ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian leader who recently returned to front-line politics, has reconnected with his old friend Russian President Vladimir Putin with an exchange of gifts ...

Berlusconi says in the audio that Putin sent him 20 bottles of vodka and a “very sweet letter” on his birthday last month. His office confirmed with CNN on Thursday that the clips were ...

The comments by Berlusconi – whose Forza Italia party belongs to a right-wing coalition expected to win this Sunday’s general election – are likely to alarm Western allies. “Putin was ...

She was responding to private comments by Berlusconi to his Forza Italia lawmakers this week in which the three-time premier boasted of having re-established contact with Putin and exchanged gifts ...

Source: The Guardian In October last year, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi boasted about his friendship with Putin and said the Russian leader sent him 20 bottles of vodka and a ...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he had recently reconnected with longtime friend Russian President Vladimir Putin, exchanging gifts of wine, vodka and “sweet” letters ...