How have the sanctions influenced Russian-Italian relations?

The Project Manager of the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Vera Pavlova, spoke on the threshold of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will visit Milan on the 10th of June in order to take part in the National Day of Russia, which is to take place in the context of the EXPO-2015 Universal Exposition. She also spoke about relations between Russia and Italy, as well as how the crisis has influenced Ukraine and the anti-Russian sanctions, which came into force over a year ago.