15 Feb 2021

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 15 February 2021

Italy has a new unity government, headed by the former president of the European Central Bank. Mario Draghi, nicknamed in the press as 'Super Mario. And Russia is warning it could cut ties with the European Union if the bloc goes ahead with threats to impose further sanctions. Tensions are high between Moscow and the West over the jailing of the opposition figure Alexei Navalny. 

Protesters march in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on January 23, 2021.

Photo: AFP