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Italian Lawmakers’ Trip to Crimea Unlikely to Interest Media - Politician

© Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankSwallow's Nest is a monument of architecture on top of the Aurora Cliff overlooking the Cape of Ai-Todor in Yalta, the Crimea.
Swallow's Nest is a monument of architecture on top of the Aurora Cliff overlooking the Cape of Ai-Todor in Yalta, the Crimea. - Sputnik International
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A visit by Italian lawmakers to Crimea, announced last week, is unlikely to be covered by Italian media, a politician with the Forza Italia party told Sputnik.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova Last week, Italy’s influential opposition Five Star Movement (M5S) party confirmed to Sputnik it would send a "delegation of peace" to Moscow and the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in October.

“There is no interest in it, and Italian media is not interested about it, they do not talk about it,” Fabrizio Bertot, also a former member of the European parliament, said.

Crimean residents voted at a referendum to break away from Ukraine and join Russia in March 2014. The move was labeled an "annexation" by most Western countries.

EU governments pressure lawmakers to avoid visiting the region but there has been a recent surge in interest in the Crimean republic. In July, a 10-member delegation of French lawmakers traveled to Crimea to assess the situation on the ground and meet local officials.

The French foreign ministry condemned the move, accusing the lawmakers of violating international law.

The Italian delegation visit to Crimea is expected in fall, as well as a delegation form Hungary’s Jobbik party.

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