[AndyMcConachie]

Ars Technica needs to issue a correction to the story. Otherwise I'm going to lose considerable respect for them.

There's a fine line between making a genuine mistake and lying to your readers.

[TorKlingberg]

I think it's you who got it wrong. Some Googling shows that Forza Nuova is pro-Russia, possibly having switched from supporting Ukranian fascist groups in the past.

"Mr. Fiore, of Italy’s Forza Nuova, said Moscow is now the sole guardian of Western values, in the way Rome once was."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/far-right-flocks-to-russia-to-b...

[klez]

I think if you point it out to them with a correct translation from the Italian police site they will correct it. Also, they're not the only one who made that mistake. The independent said the same thing. It would be interesting to know where the original mistranslation originated from.

[Krasnol]

I guess it came from the origin of the main suspect Fabio Del Bergiolo. He was was a candidate for Forza Nuova in 2010. FN is a pro-Kremlin far-right party.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Force_(Italy)

[HelloNurse]

It might be a typical American level of ignorance of geography and foreign politics. A wrong assumption of Ukrainian separatists in a Russian land is an obvious mistake to make.

[aksss]

> I'm going to lose considerable respect for them

Hahaha.. as if the bank account was that full to begin with