Verkhovna Rada deputy Valery Davidenko was found dead with a gunshot wound in his office in Kiev, said on Facebook. MP Ilya Kiva Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko told Interfax-Ukraine that "the body of a deputy was found with a gunshot wound to the head." Weapons were found near Davidenko's body, Ukrayinska Pravda reports , citing a source.

The founder of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk again ( it has happened before , and more than once !) responded in Russian to the meme “How do you like that, Elon Musk?”. But this time he also confessed his sympathy for the Russian language. On May 22, the entrepreneur responded to a comment by Twitter user coollstranger who mentioned him in a tweet. “I really like the sound of the Russian language,” Musk wrote. In response to the message, he received many tweets, including in Russian.

Spain will open its borders to foreign tourists starting in July, said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. “This summer will be the tourist season,” the head of the Spanish government said at a press conference. Sanchez noted that more than 80 million foreign tourists come to Spain every year. He encouraged people from other countries to plan holidays in Spain. Pedro Sanchez also announced that the national football championship will resume on June 8.

Josh Edelson / AFP / Scanpix / Leta in four San Francisco parks painted circles on the grass to remind people of the need to observe a distance during pandemia of coronavirus infection. Three -meter circles are located at a distance of two and a half meters from each other. The United States leads among other countries of the world by the number of Covid-19 sick: the virus found more than 1.6 million people, of which more than 95 thousand died, 350 thousand recovered.

The founder of the Summa Group, Ziyavudin Magomedov , businessman Dmitry Mikhalchenko and former head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Ateks, Andrei Kaminov , who are being held in the Lefortovo pretrial detention center in Moscow, have contracted COVID-19. According to Kommersant, another prisoner, whose name is unknown, has contracted the coronavirus. Eva Merkacheva, a member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, reported that Magomedov, Mikhalchenko and Kaminov were infected.

The Moscow Department of Internal Affairs has opened a criminal case on illegal circulation of pornographic materials against Vladimir Vorontsov, the founder of the public page "Police Ombudsman" . This was reported on the Moscow police website. The Interior Ministry's statement does not name the suspect. TASS reports, citing the police, that it is Vorontsov in question.

Meduzacare understands how they cope with the Covid-19 in private and state-owned houses of the elderly Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS / Vida Press On May 22, 2020, the next outbreak of coronavirus in a closed institution took place : 270 people in the Salsk neuropsychiatric boarding school (Rostov Region) were infected.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law providing for remote voting in federal and local elections, as well as referendums. Within the framework of the law, the Central Electoral Commission may organize voting by mail or remote electronic voting. The authors of the law explained that such amendments are needed because of the restrictions imposed in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.

Police have detained a man who, under the threat of an explosion, took hostages in a branch of Alfa-Bank on Zemlyanoy Val in Moscow, TASS reports citing a source. Special forces officers stormed the bank building. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow confirmed that the criminal had been detained. The man was not found with an explosive device, he had a dummy bomb, Interfax reports , citing a source.

Update. The Kiev police said that reports of an explosion near the office of Viktor Medvedchuk are not true. Several people who burned flares were detained. There were no casualties. An explosion occurred near the office of the head of the Ukrainian party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk in Kyiv, UNIAN reports. The police detained two people, several more people fled.

Vladimir Gerdo / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Chamber in a temporary hospital for patients Covid-19 in Crocus Expo On May 12, a temporary hospital for patients Covid-19, deployed in the Crocus Expo exhibition, was opened in the suburbs of Moscow. Now there are about 500 patients here, including people from risk group and severe patients connected to the apparatus of artificial ventilation.

The criminal took several people hostage in a bank branch on Zemlyanoy Val in Moscow. He demanded to block the doors to the department and threatened with an explosion, Interfax reports, citing a source. According to Life News, the perpetrator took five people hostage in a branch of Alfa-Bank. TASS, citing a source, writes that up to six people are being held hostage.

Hannier Pullido / De Moraes and Mescher Laboratories Among all insects in the spring, one of the first in the eyes come across bumblebees. Unlike other pollinators, they are quite cold -loving, thanks to the features of thermoregulation and a thick cover of hairs on the body. Therefore, bumblebees are able to climb far to the north, where they make the most important contribution to pollination of plants.

The parent company of car rental service Hertz filed a bankruptcy court petition on May 22 to reorganize due to falling demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company said the "sudden and dramatic" impact of the pandemic on demand has led to a sharp decline in revenue and bookings. The petitions were filed by Hertz Global Holdings and several of its subsidiaries in the US and Canada. The bankruptcy filing does not include operations in Australia, Europe and New Zealand.

Update. After the search, Igor Khudyakov was detained, his wife told Novaya Gazeta. Law enforcement officers raided the home of Igor Khudyakov, one of the administrators of the “Police Ombudsman” public. This was reported in the telegram channel "Police Ombudsman (reserve)". The search is related to the criminal case of Vladimir Vorontsov, the founder of the Ombudsman of the Police public, who is accused of extortion, writes . TASS in Moscow On May 8, Vladimir Vorontsov was arrested .