It’s a delightfully quiet morning for Egypt in the international press. In the U.K., coverage is all about Boris Johnson mistakenly referring to the “Egypt crisis” in an appearance with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, when in fact he meant Turkey. The U.S. press, meanwhile, seems more interested in digesting a blog post that claims Egypt is the most rectangular country in the world. MASR.

Three Canadians unjustly imprisoned in Egyptian jails — including Mohamed Fahmy — have together written an op-ed for the Toronto Star demanding Canadian PM Justin Trudeau “make the call” the President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to ask that former Morsi staffer Khaled Al-Qazzaz be allowed to leave Egypt. Al-Qazzaz has been released from prison, but still faces a travel ban; he is a permanent resident of Canada.

In another snow-bound nation: The Russian press is alive with speculation that Egypt is behind a USD 2 bn arms agreement that “could be set to save the struggling MiG aircraft company.” The story covers MiG’s sale of MiG-29 “Fulcrum” fighter jets to Egypt, a story we first discussed last month.