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On Monday morning, 53-year-old Idy Diene, a Senegalese man who had lived in Italy for 20 years, followed his typical routine: he took the train from Pontedèra, the small Tuscan town where he lived with his new wife, and headed to Florence, where he worked as a street vendor, selling tissues and lighters.

Toni Iwobi was elected on Sunday for the anti-immigration Lega party.

FLORENCE, Italy - African immigrants marched through the streets of central Florence late on Monday chanting “no more racism” after an Italian man shot dead a Senegalese street vendor earlier in the day.

Russia has courted anti-establishment parties around Europe in recent years and, having formed an allegiance to both Lega and M5S, is also expected to gain from the result.
Both parties, which could have a strong say in the next Italian government, have criticized sanctions on Russia and could remove them if in power.
In March 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a "co-operation deal" with the Lega party, then known as Lega Nord, in order to deepen its ties with the anti-immigration, populist party.