Having been convicted of tax fraud, expelled from the Senate and officially barred from public office, his name will once again appear on ballot papers on September 25.
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In younger days: Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin at the latter’s country residence in Zavidovo, outside Moscow, in 2003. In March this year, he pledged his devotion to his 32-year-old girlfriend, Forza Italia MP Martina Fascina, in a symbolic “festival of love” ceremony. But he’s yet to officially tie the knot amid an inheritance row with his family. She is the deputy leader of his party.
Both Berlusconi and Salvini have traditionally been close to the Russian president. A Naples tie maker claimed in May that a blue and white spotted tie worn by Putin at Russia’s Victory Day parade was a gift from Berlusconi. The pair have stayed in each other’s holiday homes and skied together. “We want to know if it was Putin who brought down the Draghi government,” he said. “If that was the case, it would be of the utmost gravity.”
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