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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Francesco Zecchini

Italy's Meloni warns of broader risks posed by Ukraine conflict

FILE PHOTO: Giorgia Meloni, leader of far-right Fratelli d'Italia party, looks on during an interview with Reuters, in Rome, Italy, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Giorgia Meloni, set to lead a new Italian government with two parties once close to Moscow, warned on Sunday of the risk posed to Western nations by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calling it the "tip of the iceberg" in a struggle for influence.

"If Ukraine falls and the West perishes, the big winner will not be (Vladimir) Putin's Russia, but Xi Jinping's China," Meloni, leader of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party, told a business conference.

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