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On 25 June, RT’s official profile shared footage of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni chatting with journalists at the NATO summit in The Hague.
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Over her characteristic facial expressions, the broadcaster added the caption: “Is Giorgia Meloni okay? Did she party too hard with Zelensky in The Hague?.”
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The implication was that the prime minister was under the influence—recalling past Russian insinuations of cocaine on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s desk or claims of supposed cocaine use by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on a train to Ukraine in May
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According to [Italian media outlet] La Stampa, the clip quickly went viral.
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Moscow appears to be furious because Meloni refused to echo US President Donald Trump’s more conciliatory approach to Russia and remains unwavering in her condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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She has also cautioned NATO allies about Russia’s strategic designs in Libya.
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