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On the front page of the press, the plebiscite granted to Vladimir Putin in Russia, where the president obtained the exceptionally high score of 87% of the votes.
In addition to this Soviet score,
The Financial Times
notes that at the end of this fifth term, in 2030, Vladimir Putin will have surpassed Joseph Stalin's record for longevity in the Kremlin.
In unison with the international press,
El Pais
announces a "crushing" victory, following an "electoral farce", with no real opponent.
The Spanish newspaper reports that Vladimir Putin also ensured, as soon as his victory was declared, to have considered exchanging the one who was his main opponent, Alexeï Navalny, just before his death - declaring regarding his suspicious death "this is the life".
The widow of Alexeï Navalny, also makes the front page of the
Guardian
, which shows her in the queue to vote yesterday noon at the Russian embassy in Berlin, from where she had called on her compatriots to go and vote, at same time, against Putin, or to include the name of Alexeï Navalny on the ballot papers.
With this fifth term, Vladimir Putin confirms his hold over Russia.
The Financial Times
sees a new mandate looming "heavy with threats" for Europe and the world, with internal repression going hand in hand with a "more hawkish" policy abroad.
In addition to the war in Ukraine,
Le Figaro
recalls that Russia is also involved, more or less directly, in other conflicts, from Moldova to Syria, with the risk that this interference will cause “new wars”.
In Africa, where several countries have become the playground of Russian mercenaries,
Wakat Sera
jokes that Russia is similar to these African states "where the winner of the presidential election is known even before voters are called to the polls".
“For the moment, everything is [still] under control in the Kremlin! Nothing new in the east!”, summarizes the Burkinabé news site.
Putin re-elected in an armchair in the Kremlin, seen by Morten Morland for
The Times
, is a cohort of servants bringing him "the hearts and minds" of his compatriots, as he ordered.
In Pat Blower's cartoon for
The Daily Telegraph
, another servant obsequiously comments on the Kremlin master's Stalinist score: "What suspense in the final stretch, sir."
Putin's Russia could benefit from Niger's decision to break off its military cooperation with the United States, whose presence is now deemed "illegal" by the ruling junta.
La Croix
speaks of “very bad news” for the Biden Administration, which had suspended military cooperation with the Nigerian army after General Tiani’s coup in July 2023, but had “done everything” to avoid the rupture, even if it means dissociating itself from the French attitude, "considered too aggressive and intransigent".
Still according to
La Croix
, the departure of troops from Niger would deal "a hard blow" to the American presence in the Sahel and risk being "unappreciated by the American taxpayer" - who will ultimately have financed the military base heavily and at a loss. of Agadez, the second largest American base in Africa after that of Djibouti, which would be “a political and diplomatic setback for Joe Biden, a few months before the presidential election”.
The Burkinabé newspaper
Le Pays
evokes an "escalation in the standoff between Niamey and Washington", the probable withdrawal of American soldiers undoubtedly paving the way for the Russians, who are "slowly but surely extending their tentacles in this Sahelian zone", after having gained the trust of Mali and Burkina Faso, "to fill the void left by France".
According to
The Wall Street Journal
, the Nigerian decision would follow accusations from senior American officials over a project giving Iran access to Niger's vast uranium reserves to develop a "potential nuclear weapons program" of the Islamic republic.
Also in the press is the agreement signed yesterday by the European Commission with Abdel Fattah al-Sissi's Egypt.
The Egyptian newspaper
Al Masry Al Youm
announces the conclusion of a "strategic partnership" in the fight against illegal immigration, industry, technology transfer and training.
An agreement worth more than 7 billion euros, mainly dedicated to the fight against illegal immigration, according to the Belgian newspaper
Le Soir
, which sees in the "eagerness" of the EU to sign this agreement the sign " of a certain electoral nervousness in Europe" as the European elections approach.
Le Soir
also reports criticism from several NGOs who consider Egypt "one of the worst dictatorships in the Middle East", with massive repression resulting in the imprisonment of nearly 60,000 opponents in recent years.
We won't leave each other on this.
On the occasion of today's publication of the new Michelin Guide – the bible for gourmets –
Le Telegramme
attempts to assess the chances of chefs in Brittany, where no restaurant has been awarded three stars since the consecration by Olivier Roellinger in 2006, in his restaurant in Cancale.
Have Breton chefs been able to seduce the formidable Red Guide inspectors?
We don't know it yet, but
La Dépêche
, another local newspaper, tried to find out more about these gastronomes "paid to eat in the best restaurants in the world", and above all to remain as anonymous as secret agents.
All we know about them is that they are men and women of 25 different nationalities, and that they regularly change their means of payment and even their telephone number to ensure that they are not discovered. at the time of booking (always made under an assumed name), and that each beginner inspector is paired with more experienced inspectors for a training period of up to two years – or around 800 meals to "digest "the Michelin method.
Which obviously does not discourage applicants.
According to the Michelin boss, 8,000 spontaneous applications are sent to him each year.
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