Russian propagandist Vladimir
Soloviev verbally attacked the vice president of the European
Parliament, Pina Picierno, during a live program on the
State-owned Rossija 1 television, the staff of the centre-left
Democratic Party's MEP said on Tuesday.
Soloviev insulted Picierno after the Italian lawmaker protested
against his scheduled participation in the program "Lo Stat0
delle Cose" (the state of things) on the third channel of
Italian State broadcaster RAI, which was later cancelled, her
staff said.
Soloviev slammed the MEP as a "miserable disgusting beast" and a
"shame for the human race".
Along with other slurs, he also said "Picierno's mouth stinks of
tyranny".
The European Parliament expressed solidarity with a post on its
official X profile saying the attacks were "unacceptable" and
stressing that it firmly supports democracy and freedom of
expression, opposing all forms of incitement to hatred.
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