2023-10-13 14:34:35
► Russian journalist Ovsiannikova says, after analysis, she was not poisoned
A Russian journalist who took refuge in Paris Marina Ovsiannikova, known for having denounced the assault on Ukraine on Russian television, affirmed on Friday October 13 that her medical analyzes did not show poisoning.
French justice opened an investigation Thursday to “suspected poisoning” after the Russian suffered discomfort. Known for having held up a sign on Russian state television denouncing the invasion of Ukraine, Marina Ovsiannikova was hospitalized after feeling ” sick “.
“I feel much better now. Most of the testing has been done. No toxic substances were found in my blood. There is no question of poisoning”she wrote on Telegram on Friday.
► The Council of Europe in turn describes the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s as a genocide
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Thursday recognized as genocide the Holodomor, the famine in Ukraine caused by the Soviets 90 years ago, which led to the death of several million people.
In a text voted almost unanimously (73 votes for, 1 against), the parliamentarians of the Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg followed in the footsteps of the European Parliament, which had already qualified this episode as genocide in December 2022.
► The United States exhibits wreckage of Iranian drones “recovered” in Ukraine at the UN
The United States on Thursday presented to UN member states wreckage and components of Iranian military drones that Washington claims to have recovered from Ukraine, evidence the Pentagon says of a relationship “thorough” between Tehran and Russia.
This is the first time that the Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense (Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA) has exhibited to the American mission to the UN carcasses, engines, components of military drones manufactured by Iran, including the « Unmanned Aerial Vehicules » (UAV) Shahed 101, Shahed 131 et Shahed 136 que Washington dit avoir “recovered” in the theater of war in Ukraine.
► Russia ready to export large quantities of grain, assures Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Friday that Russia maintains a “very high potential” of grain exports despite Western sanctions taken to punish the attack on Ukraine in February 2022.
“Last year, as you know, we had a record and historic harvest of 158 million tonnes. This year, it will also be very big, with already more than 130 million”did he declare.
“Russia will probably keep its place as the world’s leading wheat exporter. Our cereal exports, like last year, will exceed 50/60 million tonnes”said the Russian president.
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