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On the front page of the press, the demonstrations of protest, Saturday, in Russia, against the arrest of the opponent Alexeï Navalny.

According to

Kommersant

, these protests resulted in a “record” number of arrests.

The Russian daily reported more than 3,600 people arrested.

"Despite this, the supporters of Alexei Navalny promise to continue the demonstrations."

The newspaper reports that the opposition "is convinced that the mobilization will increase as the elections approach next September", while the Kremlin insists that the support for Vladimir Putin "is much more numerous than the demonstrators ”.

The scenario of a mobilization that could increase in the months to come, is also mentioned by

Vedomosti

, which explains that the demonstrators are mobilizing not only in favor of Alexeï Navalny, but also, more broadly, “against the current capacity” in Russia.

Le Monde

observes that Russia has not known "a massive surge of sympathy towards (Alexeï Navalny), after his poisoning", but considers him despite everything as "a living weapon", which manages to " lay bare the Kremlin ”, whose opponents demand“ a form of civic dignity and the rule of law ”.

Aspirations that

Le Monde

calls on Westerners to “support” “by mercilessly tracking down the dirty money of certain Russian politicians and officials hidden in Europe in accounts or in the form of real estate investments”.

In a

Financial Times

statement

, the Polish president calls on the European Union to strengthen sanctions against Russia.

“If we want to enforce respect for international law, the only way to do it without guns, cannons or bombs is (to do it) through sanctions.

So we are ready to help build consensus on this issue ”, announces Andrzej Duda.

In China,

The Global Times

has a rather different reading of the demonstrations this weekend in Russia, in which it sees the hand of Brussels and Washington.

"The United States and the other Western countries will intervene in all the countries which will know internal disturbances and it is of primary importance for these countries not to let them do it", warns the newspaper.

China, where the city of Wuhan was walled up a year ago in strict confinement to try to stem the appearance of Covid-19.

A year later,

The Global Times

, still salutes "the (formidable) mobilization of all Chinese society", which would have enabled the city to prevent confinement from turning into "chaos".

"The effectiveness of social mobilization has been a (positive) test for power," trumpets the newspaper.

“A year later, the Chinese Communist Party's control over the account (of what happened) is total.

According to the authorities, Wuhan is not proof of China's weaknesses, but of its strengths.

Memories of last year's horrors are fading, and even the most moderate criticisms are decried ":

The New York Times

believes that what happened in Wuhan proves that" Beijing has the capacity to control what the people in China see, hear and think to a degree that goes beyond the most pessimistic analyzes ”.

"During the next crisis - whether it is a disaster, a war or a financial crisis, it will be necessary to remember that the CCP has the tools to rally the people, no matter how badly it handles the situation," warns the American daily. .

In France, today opens the trial of a dozen agrochemical companies, including Bayer-Monsanto, sued by a Franco-Vietnamese woman who considers herself a victim of Agent Orange - an ultratoxic herbicide spilled during the French war. Vietnam.

L'Humanité

evokes "the trial of a war crime", "a historic trial, because it is possible that, for the first time, a court decision recognizes the responsibility of American companies towards the victims" Vietnamese and thus creates "a legal precedent on which other victims could rely, to initiate other procedures, in France or elsewhere".

The newspaper pays tribute to the tenacity of Tran To Nga, 79, "the daughter of the Mekong, colonialism and war", as she sums it up.

"Thanks to her," writes Huma, "Agent Orange" is no longer just the name of a chemical product, or even of a weapon, but a universal symbol for the monstrosity of the Vietnam War ".

“As the health crisis kills hundreds of Egyptians every day.

As thousands of workers go on strike to protest against the dismantling of the public iron and steel company.

And while the country today commemorates the anniversary of the revolution of January 25, 2011 ”, the Egyptian press, it seems, has been making headlines for several days, with a case that allegedly broke after the broadcast of a video showing some chic ladies gathered for a birthday party and tasting sweet treats… in the shape of a phallus.

According to the Lebanese site

Al Modon

, quoted by

Courrier International

, this heresy led to the pastry chef, a poor woman from Cairo, to be arrested by the police for "insulting public morals, modesty and family values", but also for “carrying on an undeclared commercial activity”.

According to

Al Modon,

the Egyptian state threw this woman “as a food for example, to scare people.

To remind everyone that everyone is a potential prisoner ”.

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