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The fact of the day
Marina Ovsiannikova, a Russian journalist known for denouncing the assault on Ukraine on television, said Friday that her medical tests did not show traces of poisoning. She said she was hospitalized after feeling “sick.” “I feel much better now. Most of the tests have been done. No toxic substances were found in my blood. There is no question of poisoning,” she wrote on Telegram.
On Thursday, an investigation was opened in Paris for “suspicion of poisoning” on the journalist, who fled Russia in October 2022, according to a source close to the matter. The prosecution declared to AFP that she had “felt unwell when leaving her home” and said she “feared poisoning”.
“Guys, I did indeed go to the hospital. I did not speak to journalists and I hoped I could keep this information secret,” she said in her message on Friday. She claimed that no suspicious “white powder” was on her doorknob, contrary “to what was reported by an anonymous source, echoed by respected publications.” “The deterioration of my condition was so sudden that the French police decided to investigate,” she stressed, recalling that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “long been associated with war and the poisoning of public figures.” politicians and journalists.
The number of the day
3. This is the number of lawyers of Alexeï Navalny’s opponent who were targeted on Friday by searches by the Russian security services. These police raids are taking place at the homes in Russia of Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser, all of whom have defended Navalny in the past. One of them, Igor Sergunin, was arrested. “We cannot reach the other two,” wrote on X (ex-Twitter) an exiled ally of the opponent, Maria Pevtchikh.
Another exiled collaborator of Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, indicated on X that the lawyers were accused of being members of an “extremist community”, a crime punishable, according to him, by six years in prison. “Everyone is already tired of using the expression ‘We’ve reached rock bottom,’ but that’s precisely what just happened today,” reacted another supporter of the refugee opponent. foreigner, Georgiy Albourov. “It’s as if searches were taking place on doctors treating the ‘wrong’ patient. The main goal is to deprive Alexei [Navalny] legal support and connection with the outside world,” he denounced on X.
Sentence of the day
The main thing now is to stop the bloodshed. »
Vladimir Putin was not speaking about the situation in Ukraine, for which he is primarily responsible, but about the siege of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army. According to the Russian president, Israel could consider doing something in Gaza “comparable to the siege of Leningrad”. ” This is unacceptable. More than two million people live there. Not everyone supports Hamas,” the Russian president added during a press conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. “We understand the logic of events but, despite all the violence on both sides […]we need to think about the civilian population,” Putin continued, unusually full of empathy for human lives.
Today’s trend
Even if the ruble collapses, Putin can boast that he has quite a bit of wheat in reserve. “Last year, as you know, we had a record and historic harvest of 158 million tonnes. This year, it will also be very large, with already more than 130 million,” the Russian president declared this Friday. “Russia will probably keep its place as the world’s leading wheat exporter. Our cereal exports, like last year, will exceed 50/60 million tonnes,” he added.
Vladimir Putin was speaking in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, during a summit bringing together several leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an alliance of former Soviet republics. “Our friends and colleagues within the framework of the CIS have needs [en céréales russes], all this will be satisfied,” said Vladimir Putin. At the beginning of September, he announced that Russia would deliver free cereals “in the coming weeks” to six African countries, without naming them.