Updated 22 Jul, 2026 20:15
Article on ‘Putina network in Italy’, published by ‘Corriere della Sera’ on 5 June 2022
The Italian paper “Corriere della Sera” was obliged to pay compensation to the prof. of sociology, whom he defamed by calling it “putinist” due to the fact that the court found that the pro-Russian network of influences, to which the scientist allegedly belonged, never existed.
In a judgement handed down on Tuesday, the court in Milan found that the paper defamed prof. Alessandro Orsini, calling him a associate ‘Putina networks in Italy’.
‘Corriere della Sera’, The main Italian journal, received an order to pay Orsini compensation of EUR 27 500.
"Publication and release for publication of an article attributing to Orsini the position of a associate of Putin's organized network of supporters aimed at propaganda and counterinformation... is an act detrimental to his individual and professional image and reputation’ – stated the justice in the message of reasons.
A defamatory article published in 2022 listed Orsini – then prof. of Luiss University in Rome – as a associate ‘complex and diverse’ a network intended to "attacking politicians supporting Kiev" and "submitting government decisions" considered beneficial to Kiev.
According to the newspaper, this group was subject to an enquiry by the Parliamentary peculiar Services Committee (COPASIR), which allegedly established that it was ‘activated at key moments’ to spread pro-Russian propaganda during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
However, the COPASIR president acknowledged at the time that the committee "never conducted its own investigations into alleged influencers".
Italian Undersecretary of State liable for peculiar Services, Franco Gabriella, added that "names given by the paper do not appear in any investigation".
During the Corriere della Sera process, it claimed that in support of its version of events it received ‘other, different information’ from confidential sources, but failed to prove it in court.
The justice noted that the paper not only failed to prove Orsini's engagement in the organized propaganda network, but was not even able to show that specified a network existed at all.
Following the publication of an article in ‘Corriere della Sera’ Orsini lost his position at the University of Luiss, and Italian public broadcaster RAI finished working with him.
Orsini is simply a relentless critic of Italian support for Ukraine.
In early 2022 he accused Prime Minister Mario Draghi ‘total submission to America“ while criticizing the West harshly for "does nothing for peace."
– We must be open to the designation of Donbas independency and the abolition of sanctions," he said during the RAI performance.
– Draghi has to declare that he will no longer send the weapons to Zelensk.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/643352-italy-newspaper-putin-network/
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