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It is reported that Berlusconi claims to be the prime minister of Italy, but the ban of the ECHR will be in effect until 2019, and the elections themselves will be held in early 2018, and therefore the ex-prime minister will not be able to submit his candidacy.

It is noteworthy that according to the opinion poll, more than a third of Italians are ready to give their votes for the odious politician, who became famous for scandals.

At the moment, Berlusconi is the leader of the center-right opposition, but he is still accused of a series of tax crimes, which significantly influences his political rating.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", the Italian leadership recently said that the country intends to assist the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass - during its own chairmanship in the OSCE in 2018.