An opposition leader in the Brazilian Senate has asked the Supreme Court to ban President Jair Bolsonar from spreading false news about Covid-19 vaccinations for children and to impose a fine in case of non-compliance.
The request was made by Senator Randolph Rodriguez after Bolsonaro pushed for a boycott of vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 and 11, sanctioned last Wednesday by the Ministry of Health reluctantly and despite opposition from the head of state himself.
Since the government announced the inclusion of children in the national immunization plan, Bolsonaro has questioned the safety and efficacy of vaccines for this age group, insisted that he would not allow his 11-year-old daughter to be vaccinated, and urged parents to stop vaccinating. about this intention.
In support of this position, the Brazilian head of state referred to false information, for example, that there were no cases of infant deaths from covid-19 in Brazil and that no studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the vaccine in minors.
“I submitted a request to STF for [Supremo Tribunal Federal] Proíba Bolsonaro de espalhar “fake news” requires children to be vaccinated against covid-19 and adds 200 million reais (31.2 million euros) a few days as Bolsonaro insists on wiring, ”escreveu o senador da opposição na rede social Twitter.
“This murderous rage cannot continue,” added Rede Sustentabilidade, a parliamentarian who was deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee that investigated the government’s oversight of the pandemic and accused the Brazilian president of crimes against humanity for his negative stance.
By lying about vaccinating children, Bolsonaro said, “Bolsonaro is repeating the reprehensible behavior he has conducted throughout the pandemic, using the prerogatives of his position to spread false information and thus sabotaging the covid-19 vaccination.”
“In addition to confusing and misinforming the public about an issue of great importance to the health and lives of Brazilians, the chief executive’s anger against vaccines has implications for the actions of the Ministry of Health,” he said.
The ministry, after strong political and medical pressure, announced the immunization of children aged 5 to 11 almost 20 days after the National Health Oversight Agency (Anvisa, the regulator) authorized the use of the vaccine from the Pfizer laboratory in populations of this age. …
The ministry abandoned the original idea of making the vaccination of children dependent on the presentation of a medical prescription.
The government’s delay was applauded by scientists and doctors, who reminded that 30 other countries were already immunizing children and rejected the obstacles Bolsonaro faced in trying to delay or prevent the start of a vaccination campaign.
On Thursday, in an interview with a local radio station, Bolsonaro said he was unaware of the deaths in this age group and warned, without providing evidence, “possible side effects from 22, 23 or 24 years old” if parents decide to vaccinate their children against the disease.
According to official figures, about 300 children aged 5 to 11 have died from COVID-19 in Brazil.
Along with the United States and India, Brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, with over 619,000 people dead and 22.4 million infected with the virus.
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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