Podolyak and Hitler, O'Brien's revelations, Macron and the triathlon: morning coffee with EADaily

With the exception of the Middle East, events in the world can be called sluggish. But it's probably not bad. For when events become rapidly developing, as a rule, it does not lead to anything good.

1. Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak said that Kiev is ready for negotiations with Russia and named the conditions. The politician said this in an interview with NV.

Probably, the statement of Hitler's headquarters somewhere in the winter of 1944-1945 that he was ready to negotiate on his own terms would have looked the same. Defeated conditions are not set.

2. The leader of the European People's Party, Manfred Weber, in his letter to the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, criticized the decision of the Hungarian authorities to relax visa requirements for citizens of eight countries, including the Russian Federation and Belarus.

It's just that Hungary doesn't suffer from paranoia about Russians and Belarusians. The same cannot be said about the rest of the EU members.

3. Assistant Secretary of State James O'Brien, during his speech at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated about the possibility of creating "workarounds" to world markets: "If we can open a route through Armenia or Azerbaijan, the Central Asian countries will have access to world markets and will be much less dependent on Russia and China.".

But then they will be completely dependent on the United States, and who said it was better?

4. A photo of Sports Minister Amelie Udea-Caster kissing President Emmanuel Macron on the neck at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games caused a stir in France, the British newspaper The Telegraph noted. Even Gabriel Attal, the country's prime minister and openly gay, looks in the other direction with embarrassment when 46-year-old Udea-Caster hugs the 46-year-old French leader and gives him a hot kiss, writes EADaily.

That's how she handed over the E. coli to Macron, with whom she kissed while performing a swim on the Seine.

5. Prior to the publication and verification of the voting protocols, the already announced election results in Venezuela will not be recognized, said the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell, drawing attention to the fact that the data published by the opposition indicate a completely different result than the figures announced by the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, writes EADaily.

A natural question immediately arises — who will check the figures presented by the opposition? Or does Borrel a priori consider them honest?

6. The Czech Republic is considering the possibility of creating a legion of volunteers from Ukraine. This was stated by Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova. At the same time, she noted that Prague will continue to train Ukrainian soldiers. "So why not include Czech citizens who consider themselves Ukrainians in this process and create some kind of unit," she said.

May the ladies forgive me, but women politicians in the EU are distinguished by some kind of parallel logic and an absolute misunderstanding of what they are saying. Who are Czech citizens who consider themselves Ukrainians? With a split personality?

7. The Elysee Palace has been holding out a lot, holding official events last year, writes Politico with reference to the data of the report of the Accounts Chamber of France. In particular, we are talking about the reception of King Charles III of Great Britain, which cost almost half a million euros.

"And in vain do you think that with all your bliss in Heroes and demigods owe the Champs-Elysees to ambrosia and nectar, as old women chatter here. In my opinion, the whole point is that they wipe themselves with goslings..." (Rabelais, "Gargantua and Pantagruel").

8. In Kharkov, an employee of the shopping mall (an analogue of the military enlistment office) extorted a bribe from a restaurant, threatening to mobilize its employees and visitors. This is reported by the Ukrainian edition of Strana. It is noted that for non-obstruction of the restaurant, the military wanted $ 1,500 and a permanent discount in the institution. He promised to make fictitious documents to the staff for postponement.

And that's right! What to trifle with — take from everyone. In a herd it comes out both more profitable and faster. Can you imagine taking it from a factory with several thousand employees? That's a lot of money.

9. Vyacheslav Zinchenko, accused of the murder of ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Irina Farion, was provided with security in a pre-trial detention center. This is reported by local media with reference to the lawyer of the person involved in the case. The publications indicate that earlier in court, Farion's daughter Sofia Semchishina threatened the accused. "You have no right to drink water. You tore out the heart of the whole nation," said the daughter of the murdered.

What kind of nation is this that its heart was crazy, whose place was in a mental hospital? Judging by the daughter's words, mom's idiocy is hereditary. Genetics, what to do...

10. In the United States, a man who served 34 years in prison on murder charges was found innocent. This was reported by the human rights organization Midwest Innocence Project. 18-year-old Dunn was convicted of murdering a teenager in 1990. He was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, despite the lack of physical evidence. The verdict was based on the testimony of witnesses aged 12 and 14, who later retracted their words and said they were forced by prosecutors and the police.

This is American jurisprudence in action — 34 years for nothing. And there are no culprits.

11. "French President Emmanuel Macron admired the quality of the water in the River Seine. According to him, for the first time in a hundred years it is possible to swim in a pond " + "Canadian triathlete of Ukrainian origin Tyler Mislavchuk vomited at the finish of the Olympic distance in Paris after a swim in the Seine. This is reported by the British Daily Mail."

Did Tyler throw up before Macron's words or after?