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On the front page of the press, Russia's decision to ban Chinese nationals from entering its territory from tomorrow because of the coronavirus epidemic.

After announcing at the beginning of January the closure of its 4,250 km of border with its Chinese neighbor, the cut of rail links and the restriction of the number of flights to Chinese cities, Russia is taking "an unprecedented measure" to to stop the spread of the epidemic, according to Kommersant , who specifies that this measure, taken in the name of the aggravation of the epidemic, concerns as well the tourists, the students, as the workers coming from China. A decision welcomed "with surprise" by Chinese diplomats, "disconcerted by the fact that it comes at a time when the number of transmission cases is declining," according to the Russian newspaper, which reports on Beijing’s interrogations on "The logic behind the decision of the Russian authorities".

Many questions, also, about the decision of the Japanese authorities to quarantine the passengers of the cruise ship "Diamond Princess", immobilized for two weeks off the port of Yokohama, south of Tokyo. As this quarantine ends today, and passengers not infected with the virus began to be evacuated this morning, USA Today recalls that of the 2,600 travelers and the 1,000 crew members, more than 500 have everything similarly contracted the coronavirus - a total which is not definitive, and which could even increase by several hundreds. "Something has been done wrong," criticizes the daily - with the image of some of the 340 American passengers evacuated on Monday by the United States, visibly not convinced by the management of the crisis by the Japanese government. Pending their evacuation, the passengers remained locked up for whole days in their cabins, in conditions closer to detention than a vacation in the sun - hence the drawing by Chappatte, for the Swiss newspaper Le Temps , which indicates the program , the animations of the week of “the coronavirus cruise”: “Morning: taking the temperature. Noon: evacuation of the sick. Evening: taking the temperature ”.

In France, Emmanuel Macron yesterday presented his plan to fight "Islamist separatism" - measures of "republican reconquest", according to the president. According to Le Télégramme , the head of state explained that this "Islamist separatism" was "incompatible with freedom and equality, incompatible with the indivisibility of the Republic", and he announced, in particular, that France was going to stop welcoming "seconded imams" sent by other countries, such as Turkey and Algeria, as well as the end of lessons of foreign origin. These measures are intended to "stem the Islamist influence in education and places of worship," according to Liberation - who sees Emmanuel Macron as a "republican preacher", whose position he hails "the wise balance". According to Libé, the president stigmatized "fundamentalism" and at the same time preached "benevolence and (tolerance) towards our Muslim compatriots who, for the most part, precisely escape any" separatism ". But only ask for their legitimate place in the Republic, that is to say in employment, in the city and in society in general.

The French press also returns this morning to the indictment of Piotr Pavlesnki and Alexandra de Taddeo, for "invasion of the privacy of private life" by Benjamin Grivaux. Released last night, the Russian artist behind the dissemination of intimate videos of the ex-candidate for the municipal elections in Paris has claimed responsibility for his act, and even promised follow-up. Le Parisien specifies that Piotr Pavlenski also denied having anything to do with the Russian secret services or the Kremlin: "We always say that when things bother or don't please," he said. This is my project. Me, my actions are artistic and political, I want to reveal the mechanics of power ”. The political shock wave caused by the broadcasting of Benjamin Grivaux's videos is also closely observed by the foreign press, in particular by Politico , quoted by Courrier International . According to the American site, "the cries of gold" against the violation of the French law on the private life would be "a hypocrisy in itself": "French celebrity magazines invade the privacy of foreign royal families and celebrities in France and elsewhere every week, and have incorporated the cost of fines into their business model and no one is protesting," notes Politico .

We don't leave each other on this. Nothing like talking football to change your mind, though. Yesterday, PSG came up against Borossia Dortmund in the knockout stages of the Champions League first leg. Result: 2 to 1 for the Germans - which tells L'Equipe that "the return match, March 11, promises to be complicated" for PSG. The Parisians who, even beaten, still remained good players and were careful not to commit the act which has just been worth 5 years of suspension to an amateur football player from Moselle, in eastern France. This bad player could not find anything better, to express his dissatisfaction, than to bite the sex of an opponent, who came out with several stitches and four days of total interruption of work. Read on the So Foot website .

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