In Russia for some time now there is a worrying transformation with strong illiberal tendencies.
After the murder of Politkovskaja, of Litvinenko and of numerous dissidents abroad, numerous episodes like the attack on the computing infrastructure in Estonia, the arrest of the former chess champion Kasparov and other demonstrators in an airport, and finally the beating up and arrest of peaceful people last Sunday in Moscow, among whom were two of our parliamentarians, to the complete indifference of the authorities.
The problem of civil rights in Russia and the long-lasting presence of the military in Chechnya have to be examined with attention and severity by the European Community and by Italy that cannot underestimate what is happening for reasons of economic and energy opportunities connected to the import of gas from Siberia.
As soon as possible, our country in particular must start an energy policy connected to renewable sources, as far as possible in the short term, and to spread imports from more than one country so as not to be the victim of blackmail in the future, and so as not to be bartering energy with civil rights.