Headlines: Ukrainian crisis, diplomatic negotiations are tense with Moscow
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Liz Truss met in Moscow on February 10, 2022, amid growing military tensions in Ukraine.
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Not content with "
showing the muscles
", by engaging thousands of soldiers in "
large-scale military exercises
" with Belarus, Russia also continues "
to act in offensive mode on the diplomatic field
", underlines the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
.
The German daily reports how “
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov violently attacked his British counterpart Liz Truss yesterday in Moscow
”.
Sergei Lavrov who did not hesitate in front of the cameras to denounce "
a real comedy
", considering that the meeting with Liz Truss was "
like talking to a deaf person
", reports the
Times
, which points out that the head of Russian diplomacy also “
taunted Liz Truss on her ignorance of Russian geography
”, after she had confused Russian cities with Ukrainian cities.
“
Humiliating remarks
”, denounces the British daily, and “
which highlight the gap between Westerners and Russia on Ukraine
”.
Russia, which "
is also trying to divide the countries of the European Union
", notes for its part
El País
, which reports that Moscow has thus sent "
a letter to each of the 27 to sound them separately on their assessment of the guarantees of security demanded by Russia
".
An attempt to "
break the European front, at a time when different positions coexist on how to manage the crisis in Ukraine
", explains the Spanish daily.
Attempt in any case thwarted by Brussels which "
sent a joint response of the 27 to Moscow
”, always with the threat of sanctions “
in the event of an invasion of Ukraine
”.
The " shattering
" resignation
of Cressida Dick, the boss of Scotland Yard
A “
spectacular resignation
”, headlines the
Guardian
, which came just hours “
after she said she would stay on
”.
"
Dame Cressida was pushed out by London Mayor Sadiq Khan after coming under pressure from a series of scandals
", explains the
Daily Telegraph
, which speaks of a "
genuine crisis of confidence after the publication of a report pointing to sexist, racist and homophobic behaviour
” within Scotland Yard.
"
A toxic culture of the Metropolitan Police
", underlines for its part the
Times
, that "
Dame Cressida had promised to curb
".
With his departure, "
the Met
" is now "
adrift
", still worries the daily, while "
Scotland Yard is presiding over one of the most politically sensitive investigations in its history, with the hearings to come of personalities on the famous alcoholic evenings in Downing Street during confinement
”.
Partygate
scandal threatens
Prime Minister Johnson's future
Boris Johnson, who will therefore be “
heard
” soon by Scotland Yard, sees his “
authority called into question every day
” under the spotlight of the opposition but also of members of his own party.
Former Prime Minister John Major thus launched "
a scathing attack against Boris Johnson
" yesterday, reports the British press.
“
The big boss of the Conservatives
”, as the
Times
calls him, did not hesitate to castigate “
a sneaky government
”, with very harsh words against Boris Johnson, accused “
of having broken the containment laws to then send his ministers defend the indefensible, pretending to be idiots or credulous
“, John Major who claims neither more nor less than”
the resignation of the Prime Minister
“if the police fines him.
Donald Trump accused of throwing official documents in the toilet
Latest revelations from a forthcoming book by a well-known
New York Times
journalist , which reports "
that under the Trump administration, White House employees sometimes found toilets clogged with pieces of printed paper
."
"
Knowing Trump's predilection for tearing up notes and other documents, the natural conclusion is that some of his scraps ended up down the toilet
," commented the
Washington Post
, recalling that in contravention of all the rules, "
Trump well neglected his official documents
”, proof is, says the
Post
, “
some of the official documents found at his residence in Florida are clearly marked "top secret"
.
And beyond the "
anecdotal side of the toilets, the destruction of documents by Trump is not something to be neglected
", still believes the daily, even though, he explains, that the investigators on the riot of January 6 “
found gaps in official White House telephone records on the day of the deadly attack on the Capitol
.”
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