Inside Silvio Berlusconi’s Putin friendship with ‘love letters’ and wine gifts

2023-06-12

Ex-Italian president Silvio Berlusconi, who died today (June 12) aged 86, had quite the close friendship with current Russian president and despot Vladimir Putin.

From trading "love letters" with one another to bombarding the Italian Senator with alcoholic gifts, the pair had quite the back and forth.

Even a lover's tiff was resolved after the pair "reconciled" with a "sweet letter", and from there their friendship seemingly blossomed with Valentine's Day gifts and poetry.

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Their shared hatred for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was aired in a Berlusconi-penned poem which featured the infamous "bunga bunga" line, a codeword for their party mentioned in the love poem.

Not quite the work of Robert Burns but still, Berlusconi tried his hand at creative writing and ended up with the insightful line: "I love you much more / Even if you are taking us close / To another world war."

His "sweet letter" and a bottle of Lambrusco was in response to the Russian president sending Berlusconi "20 bottles of vodka and a very sweet letter".

Quite the trade deal for the loved-up pals, who appear to have "reconnected" in their later years after a few stumbling blocks in their political careers, Politico reported.

A leaked audio recording heard Berlusconi say: "I have rekindled my relationship with President Putin, a bit. I have been one of his first five real friends."

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The recently deceased Berlusconi was a keen supporter of Putin and even backed him when it came to fighting against Ukraine, saying Russia wanted to replace Zelenskyy's government with "decent people."

Whether Putin attended one of Berlusconi's many "bunga bunga" sex parties is unclear, although the three-time prime minister was keen to invite the despot.

A divide between Putin and Berlusconi is said to come from Italy's funding of Ukrainian arms, providing the country with weapons and cash to fight against Russian oppressors, BBC reported.

But Berlusconi, in private, backed his buddy and said: "I can't personally give my opinion because if it is leaked to the press, it will turn out to be a disaster."

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