The Kremlin may be planning an assassination attempt on Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, the Italian publication Il Foglio reported, citing intelligence data..

Intelligence agencies have reason to believe that former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered pro-Kremlin Wagner PMC mercenaries to eliminate Crosetto with a $15 million reward..

Intelligence intercepted Medvedev's order, which he gave to the " The mercenaries were supposed to carry out the assassination using one of their two cells in Europe in Serbia, or Estonia.

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Earlier, Medvedev was outraged by the words of the Italian Minister of Defense that the entry of Russian tanks into Kyiv could lead to the Third World War and even called him an "

The publication notes that according to intelligence sources, the ex-president gave this order even before Crosetto accused Wagner PMCs of fueling the migration crisis in Europe.. The leader of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in response, issued a number of obscene words to the Italian Minister of Defense and advised him to “watch your own country”.