I really doubt he would be fired. Italy is not USA.
I actually used to chat with Ruggero on gay.it (who remembers those chats?...) in the late 90s and he sounded already like a very nice bright guy.
I always wanted to hire him, and instead I hired his partner Adam Champ (Gustavo..) and I was a bit disappointed.
Anyway, if you can understand Italian you can really see how smart he is in the recent interview from La Repubblica (the biggest Italian newspaper):