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Flag of Italy. Archival photo ROME, May 26. Italian President Sergio Mattarella has stripped Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov of state awards. The corresponding decree, signed on May 9, was published in the state press organ Gazzetta Ufficiale. According to the document, Russian statesmen were awarded the Order of the Star of Italy with the degree of Cavalier Grand Cross in May 2020. Their awards have been withdrawn for reasons of «unworthiness.» , lost the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Viktor Evtukhov and the head of VTB Andrey Kostin. As noted, Mattarella made this decision at the suggestion of the Italian Foreign Ministry and after consultations with the country's embassy in Moscow and the Council of the Order. The Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d`Italia) is awarded to citizens of Italy living abroad and foreigners for special merits in the development of friendship and cooperation between Italy and other countries. The Knight Grand Cross is the highest class of the award.The United States recognized the doom of attempts to make Russia a pariahWestern countries imposed new sanctions against Russia because of Ukraine. This situation affected not only the economy, but also Russian cultural figures, students studying abroad, as well as Russian athletes. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a frenzied Russophobia is taking place in the West. And the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the struggle against everything Russian that has overwhelmed Europe borders on outright racism.