Rototome Sun SplashEurope’s most important reggae festival run by Italians Philip Giunta and since 2010 it has been held annually in the town of Castellón. Benicassim, In its most recent editions, it has brought from Italy iconic figures considered transalpine to participate in its political debates on human rights. apologists Russian President Vladimir Putin. In 2015, a year after the annexation of Crimea, the organization invited the historic journalist and politician to narrate the conflict between Russia and the West. Giulietto ChiesaDied in 2020, author of books like ‘Putinophobia’, member of the Izborsky club, an elite nationalist organization close to the Kremlin, and an outspoken supporter of Moscow’s takeover of the Black Sea peninsula. This year, the panel of speakers includes: Alessandro di BattistaThe former deputy of the 5 Star Movement, like Chiesa, attended congresses in Moscow, publicly praising the Russian leader. United Russia, Putin’s official party, and frequent business trips to the Eurasian giant, both before and after the invasion of Ukraine. The big event in Castellón, central governmentbetween Valencian general And Castellon County Council.
In a response email, the organization’s press department argued that Rototom was “open to the free expression of different opinions at the discussion level.” “This prism is what gives us meaning. Social Forum” while noting the note reminding that Chiesa came in 2015 to “talk about Europe and Islamophobia”, Di Battista will join in on the “talk”. Freedom of expression and human rights at the ‘to support Assange’ table”.
Giulietto Chiesaformer member Italian Communist Party Former Moscow correspondent of the Italian newspapers ‘L’Unita’ and ‘La Stampa’ in the 70s, in 2015, ‘Is Ukraine, Europe at war?’ Juan Carlos Monedero, one of the founders of Podemos, was the moderator and he also participated in it. oleg yasinskya Ukrainian journalist currently living in Russia and an Italian 2014 Maidan revolution aspect coup run by right-wing extremists. In his speech, the journalist and politician repeated the Kremlin’s arguments for the annexation of Crimea, one by one. II. World War. “There was no Russian invasion… The Russians had a legitimate referendum, legalAnd 98% As he stated, the Crimeans simply exercised “one of the two fundamental rights”, which the international community saw as the “right to self-determination” after Kiev. a Nazi coup.” The annexation of Crimea was recognized by only a handful of countries, including. Belarus, Nicaragua anyone North Koreadeclared “invalid” by the vast majority of countries in the voting, UN General Assembly.
Chiesa is known in Italy as one of the biggest defenders of Putin’s policy. often in prime time TV shows “the building”communities and online networks” and to promote a “web-television”, to El Periódico de Catalunya from the group Prensa Ibérica from Italy, Jacopo Lacobonispecialized journalist Russian disinformation in the transalpine country. The expert recalls that on the Pandora TV channel he founded, “the content produced by RT was often completely broadcast”, the Russian propaganda television banned in the EU after the invasion. In this media Chiesa went live conspiracy theories According to him, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Boeing in eastern Ukraine in 2014 is the product of a conspiracy by “Western countries” and “attribution of blame to Russia by the Ukrainian secret services”. A Dutch court convicted two Russian citizens and a Ukrainian in absentia and believes it proves that the battery that dropped the device belonged to the Russian Army.
A left-wing militant in his youth, Chiesa maintained excellent relations with prominent members of Russia’s ultra-conservative elite and took a role at its headquarters in Rome in 2018. HousePoundA discussion with a far-right movement, controversial Russian philosopher and political scientist Alexander Dugin, ideologue of one of the most aggressive branches of Russian nationalism. Chiesa has been a figure especially appreciated by the event’s director, Filippo Giunta, for not acting as a simple occasional guest. Giunta was delighted to “share so many wars” with the politician and journalist, in a Facebook post on the occasion of his death. In addition, the establishment of Rototom posted an obituary on his page on the same social network at the time of his death, this is a very rare gesture towards guests.
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Former MP Alessandro di Battista, much younger than Chiesa, was one of the most prominent personalities and had the most projections of the M5S at the time of his birth. Like Chiesa, she publicly praised the figure of the Russian president. Also in 2019, in a post titled “Thank God we have Putin” on Facebook, he stated that “it must be recognized that a politically strong Russia is essential for world peace.” The populist politician acted frankly for a long time. lobbyist The Kremlin’s interests in its country, including being part of political delegations visiting the occupied Crimean peninsula and violating EU travel recommendations, or visiting Moscow and meeting with top politicians such as: Sergei Zheleznyak, then vice-president of the Duma and author of controversial laws restricting freedom of expression. Di Battista promoted with such a driving force Russian interests in Italy, accompanying the M5S leader in 2014 Beppe Grillo “To Villa Abamelek, the private residence of the Russian ambassador in Rome,” recalls journalist Iacoboni. From that transcendent moment, the gridlock formation fully embraced the Russian argument in the Ukrainian conflict: They called for the lifting of sanctions and reduced annexation. Crimea is just a bilateral “tension. Di Battista agrees. pro-Kremlin conspiracy; He made interviews on his YouTube channel, which has 162,000 subscribers. Toni Capuozzoa questionable journalist. bucha massacre. The guest is also broadcasting in the interview new questionsThis time, the interviewer himself agrees on the mass grave found in the town of Izium after the withdrawal of the Russian troops.
Rototom is an event that receives generous public support. According to the documents reached by this newspaper, this year 15.000 € Grants awarded by the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music under the Ministry of Culture. In 2022, the official journal of the Generalitat Valenciana features a financing concession of Turisme Generalitat Valenciana. 71,070,30 € in the concept ofpromotion of music, sports and cultural events“.