[...] we know that doctors are divided into good and bad – just like politicians and journalists are divided into honest and dishonest – and that onl… - Alessandro Sallusti

(Sul giornalista Vladimir Solov'ëv) Con una persona che dice che in Russia non c'è la propaganda e un regime liberticida, se nega queste cose mi chiedo cosa siamo qui a fare? [...] Siamo di fronte a un buffone che vuole prendere in giro gli italiani, offende la nostra intelligenza. Io mi offendo a dialogare con uno che dice che in Russia non c'è la propaganda.

Faced with this, should we remain silent or denounce the hypocrisy of that clearly false defender of press freedom, former communist masquerading as a sincere democrat, Ferruccio De Bortoli, editor of Corriere della Sera, who has already been punished by his readers, who are abandoning him in double-digit percentages?

(About the journalist Vladimir Solov'ëv) With someone who says that there is no propaganda in Russia and that it is not a repressive regime, if he denies these things, I wonder what we are doing here? [...] We are dealing with a buffoon who wants to make fun of Italians and insults our intelligence. I am offended by talking to someone who says that there is no propaganda in Russia.