In the article, published in the newspaper La Stampa il 22 February, and in the article “Those 3 Russian millions for Matteo Salvini: here is the investigation that makes the League tremble“, of the magazine L'Espresso (included in the group GEDI together with the press) it is stated, that Rosneft, presumably, it could be involved in financing the Northern League's electoral campaign for the European Parliament.

“All the information in these articles, regarding Rosneft, they do not correspond to reality, they are lies that aim to damage the company's reputation”, we read in the press release.

Rosneft she addressed to the editorial staff of La Stampa and the newspaper L'Espresso with the immediate request to refute this misinformation and in cases of damage it intends to assert its rights in court, we read in the press release.
On Friday, Rosneft mentioned only an article in the La Stampa newspaper.

The head of the economic department of La Stampa, Luca Fornovo, explained to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti that the information contained in the article is the result of a journalistic investigation by the weekly L'Espresso, That, along with the newspaper, is part of the GEDI publishing group. According to the journalist, the newspaper published a summary of the article, which will be published in L'Espresso, Sunday, “in accordance with the current treaties of the GEDI publishing group”. On Saturday La Stampa published the summary of Rosneft's statements. Gianluca Savoini, considered the advisor to the Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and close to the Kremlin, in a comment for Sputnik he refuted the news circulated in the Italian media regarding his involvement in negotiations with the Russian state oil company Rosneft to obtain financing for the League.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on reports of Russian government funding of the League's campaign. Peskov suggested first asking Italian media where they got the information and what sources they used.