Salvini's right-wing extremist party is being investigated, accused of making a deal to get Russian fund.

I have a sad hunch he won't lose any support for this.

Communism was once an international movement. Then, Communists professed good, idealistic goals, while some carried out repression that they hid from the rest. Communists considered it entirely proper for the Soviet Union to aid Communist parties all around the world.

Now fascists have made an international movement, with repression as the overt goal. I have a hunch Salvini's followers will say, "It's great that you got funds from Putin so we subject Italy to repression."