Italy Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said that Russia was not a rival of his country. He expressed his position in an interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano, writing RIA news.

The entire Italian government says that no one of our men and not one of our women will fight in Ukraine. We do not conduct a war against Russia, politicians say.
Earlier, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister reminded European nations that in the past of the war with Russia, they did not bring anything good. I have confirmed our balance and wisdom position, unlike other European governments and some Brussels leaders constantly talk about weapons, military, bombs and missiles, Salv Salvini said.