Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insisted that the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil is overestimated, and said that the country could be “one of the countries with the lowest death rate per capita” in the world.
Without presenting evidence or citing an alleged document from the Federal Audit Office (TCU), the state’s oversight body, which has already ruled on the matter and has denied the publication of any report that questioned the number of deaths from COVID-19, Bolsonaro questioned the official data. which make up 475,000 deaths due to the new coronavirus and reiterated that the actual number “should be” 50% lower.
However, data from the Ministry of Health rank Brazil as one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, along with the United States and India in both cases and deaths.
But Bolsonaro reiterates his view that the numbers are fraudulently inflated by governors and mayors because they receive “more financial resources” from the federal government to fight a pandemic that experts say is about to enter a new wave in the country.
Bolsonaro insisted on his theory during a ceremony held at an evangelical church in Anapolis, 150 kilometers from Brasilia, which brought together some 20 neo-Pentecostal pastors who are part of his political base.
The President also argued that many deaths were avoided thanks to the “early treatment” widely promoted by his government, which includes a number of drugs ineffective against covid-19…
“If we eliminate possible scams, in 2020 we will have the country with the lowest number of deaths per million due to coronavirus. What is this miracle? Early treatment, ”Bolsonaro said.
“A miracle happened. Early treatment and chloroquine, “said the head of state, receiving applause from pastors who also promoted” three Amazonian herbal tea, “which Bolsonaro said was used by two indigenous tribes including” there have been no deaths from covid-19. ” …
Bolsonaro, who denies the severity of the pandemic, also compared the drug hydroxychloroquine to vaccines used against covid-19.
The Brazilian president assessed that there was no scientific evidence for the vaccine’s effectiveness, saying the antidotes were in an experimental phase.
“[Medicamentos do chamado tratamento precoce] have no scientific evidence. And I ask: Is the vaccine scientifically proven or is it still experimental? this is [em estado] experimental, “he said, citing the local press.
However, the effectiveness of all vaccines used in the country has been validated by the National Health Surveillance Agency, a regulatory body in Brazil.
2,723 new deaths and 85,748 new infections
Brazil has recorded 2,723 deaths and 85,748 new cases of the novel coronavirus in 24 hours, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
In total, the South American country with a population of 212 million people is concentrated 479 515 dead and 17,122,877 positive covid-19 diagnoses since the start of the pandemic, officially registered in the country in February last year.
However, as it happened on Tuesday, Wednesday’s data is incomplete, apart from numbers registered in the state of Ceará, which due to technical problems was unable to transmit records in the last 24 hours in time.
The incidence in Brazil is 228 deaths and 8148 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Putin has repeatedly consulted with Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu about the invasion, Europa Press told Ukraine’s chief intelligence director Vadim Skibitsky.
According to Skibitsky, it was the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), which is responsible for counterintelligence and espionage work, that put pressure on Gerasimov and other military agencies to agree to launch an offensive. .
However, according to the Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB considered that by the end of February sufficient preparations had already been made to guarantee the success of the Russian Armed Forces in a lightning invasion.
However, according to Kyiv, the Russian General Staff provided the Russian troops with supplies and ammunition for only three days, hoping that the offensive would be swift and immediately successful.
The head of Ukrainian intelligence also emphasized the cooperation of local residents, who always provided the Ukrainian authorities with up-to-date information about the Russian army, such as the number of soldiers or the exact location of troops.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine caused at least 6.5 million internally displaced persons and more than 7.8 million refugees to European countries, which is why the UN classifies this migration crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945). gg.). ).
At the moment, 17.7 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance, and 9.3 million are in need of food aid and housing.
The UN has presented as confirmed 6,755 civilian deaths and 10,607 wounded since the beginning of the war, stressing that these figures are much lower than the real ones.
A Stockholm court on Monday sentenced a former Swedish intelligence officer to life in prison for spying for Russia, and his brother to at least 12 years in prison. In what is considered one of the most serious cases in Swedish counterintelligence history, much of the trial took place behind closed doors in the name of national security.
According to the prosecution, it was Russian military intelligence, the GRU, who took advantage of the information provided by the two brothers between 2011 and their arrest at the end of 2021.
Peyman Kia, 42, has held many senior positions in the Swedish security apparatus, including the army and his country’s intelligence services (Säpo). His younger brother, Payam, 35, is accused of “participating in the planning” of the plot and of “managing contacts with Russia and the GRU, including passing on information and receiving financial rewards.”
Both men deny the charges, and their lawyers have demanded an acquittal on charges of “aggravated espionage,” according to the Swedish news agency TT.
The trial coincides with another case of alleged Russian espionage, with the arrest of the Russian-born couple in late November in a suburb of Stockholm by a police team arriving at dawn in a Blackhawk helicopter.
Research website Bellingcat identified them as Sergei Skvortsov and Elena Kulkova. The couple allegedly acted as sleeper agents for Moscow, having moved to Sweden in the late 1990s.
According to Swedish press reports, the couple ran companies specializing in the import and export of electronic components and industrial technology.
The man was again detained at the end of November for “illegal intelligence activities.” His partner, suspected of being an accomplice, has been released but remains under investigation.
According to Swedish authorities, the arrests are not related to the trial of the Kia brothers.
“They can strengthen their positions. We understand that this can happen. At the same time, we do not rule out that they will announce a general mobilization,” Danilov said in an interview with the Ukrainska Pravda online publication.
Danilov believed that this mobilization would also be convened “to exterminate as many as possible” of Russian citizens, so that “they would no longer have any problems on their territory.”
In this sense, Danilov also reminded that Russia has not given up on securing control over Kyiv or the idea of the complete “destruction” of Ukraine. “We have to be ready for anything,” he said.
“I want everyone to understand that [os russos] they have not given up on the idea of destroying our nation. If they don’t have Kyiv in their hands, they won’t have anything in their hands, we must understand this,” continued Danilov, who also did not rule out that a new Russian offensive would come from “Belarus and other territories.” .
As such, Danilov praised the decision of many of its residents who chose to stay in the Ukrainian capital when the war broke out in order to defend the city.
“They expected that there would be panic, that people would run, that there would be nothing to protect Kyiv,” he added, referring to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine caused at least 6.5 million internally displaced persons and more than 7.8 million refugees to European countries, which is why the UN classifies this migration crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945). gg.). ).
At the moment, 17.7 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance, and 9.3 million are in need of food aid and housing.
The Russian invasion, justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security, was condemned by the international community at large, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on Russia.
The UN has presented as confirmed 6,755 civilian deaths and 10,607 wounded since the beginning of the war, stressing that these figures are much lower than the real ones.
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