In the headlines: production of Russian vaccine Sputnik in Italy creates controversy

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A dose of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. AP - Pavel Golovkin

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The controversy spreads in the Italian press which, like

La Repubblica,

does not hesitate to denounce an " 

operation of colonization of Europe

 ", orchestrated by Russia.

The daily recounts how " 

for weeks Russian investors close to the Kremlin have been knocking on the doors of the most important Italian pharmaceutical companies with briefcases full of banknotes and the promise of an avalanche of money

 ".

And they found one, maybe 3, ready to produce Sputnik V in Italy while the European Union has still not approved this vaccine

 ", indignant

La Repubblica

which denounces an operation " 

directly supervised by Vladimir Putin

 ", To send a clear message to European citizens:" 

while Western multinationals fail to meet their delivery commitments, there are Russians who are ready to offer the doses

 ".

The manufacture of the Sputnik vaccine in Lombardy displeases everyone

 ", headlines

Il Giorno

, while

Il Tempo

recalls the harsh statements at the beginning of the week from the President of the European Council Charles Michel for whom " 

Russia is only doing the propaganda

 ”with its vaccine.

The

Washington Post

also recalls the warnings of the president of the EMA, the European drug agency who had compared him " 

to Russian roulette

 ", underlines the American daily, arguing " 

the lack of data and security vaccine

 ”.

Lula's “complicated” political return to Brazil

The editorial writers of the European press come back extensively on what the Swiss daily

Le temps

describes as “ 

Lula's unexpected return to the political arena

 ”.

A spectacular turnaround which reshuffles the cards for the presidential election of October 2022

 ", headlines for its part

Le Soir

, which underlines "that 

with 50% of voting intentions, the leader of the Brazilian left seems alone in a position to beat President Bolsonaro credited him with 38%

 ”.

But it is still necessary that the decision of the judge - which will appeal the general prosecutor, is maintained

, temporizes the Belgian editorialist

and also that Lula is not under the blow of a new condemnation

 ".

Justice can also move the cards

 ", also estimates the editorial

writer of

Le

Temps

, who stresses that if it does take place "

the

clash between Lula and Bolsonaro will not be simple and the result not written in advance

 " .

“ 

Because the two men also cause a high rate of rejection in the electorate,

explains

Le Temps, and then because the country is in such a health and economic crisis that any prognosis becomes very complicated

 ”.

The Tokyo Olympics will take place without a foreign audience

It is in any case the certainty of the Japanese press and in particular of the

Japan Times

which does not wait for the official decision which must be announced next week to affirm that " 

Japan will organize the Olympic Games without the foreign supporters

",

and this "in 

order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

 ".

With this decision,

explains the

Japan Times, the government will now have to review its growth strategy

 ."

The country intended to revive " 

its economy with the windfall of the million foreign visitors

 " who were expected for these Games, underlines the daily which specifies that the organizing committee planned to " 

win 90 billion yen - nearly 700 million yen. euros through ticket sales

 ”.

Still according to the

Japan Times

, the postponement of the Olympics for one year has already cost " 

nearly 13 billion euros

"

.

Joe Biden's two German Shepherds kicked out of the White House

Only a month and a half after their arrival at the White House, Major and Champ, the two dogs of the presidential family, will have to take the air " 

for a few days in Delaware

 ", at the Biden residence.

Blame it on Major, the youngest of the two dogs " 

who bit an official

 ".

The information is widely repeated in the American press which underlines, like the

Washington Post

, that the official in question, " 

an agent of the secret services

 " according to

CNN

was " 

only slightly injured

 ".

The question of the euthanasia of the German Shepherd was however asked yesterday to the spokesperson for the White House.

Clear answer: " 

Major Biden is a member of the family

 " and " 

the two dogs will be back in the White House soon

 ," she assured.

A case of bite that generated thousands of comments and messages of concern on social networks,

 " the

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