The striker and captain of the Argentina national football team, Lionel Messi, thanks to his goal in the match with Austria, became the top scorer in the history of the World Cup. For 38-year-old Messi, this goal was his 17th at the World Cup. He surpassed former German national team striker Miroslav Klose (16 goals) in this indicator. France forward Kylian Mbappe, who has 14 goals so far, can catch up with Messi at this tournament.

The Moscow Exchange Index (IMOEX) at the end of the main session on June 22 fell by 4.23% to 2318.28 points, which was the strongest drop in a day since September 26, 2022. RBC reports this. As the Agency notes , the leaders in the fall were shares of VK (-8.9%), Rosneft (-8.7%) and Aeroflot (-8.1%). Freedom Global analyst Natalya Milchakova said that several factors had a negative impact on the Russian stock market.

What we learned about the US President from a new book by The New York Times journalists Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan wrote a book , Regime Change, about Donald Trump and those around him. It is based on more than a thousand interviews (including with the US President himself) that journalists have conducted over the past three years.

In the Estonian village of Rõuge, a local resident who came to mow the grass found a drone in the field, to which an explosive device weighing about five kilograms was attached. This was announced by the head of the bureau of the Estonian Security Police Department, Harris Puusepp. The man found the drone on the evening of June 10. “A man went to mow [the grass] and discovered that there was a drone lying in the tall grass.

As a result of a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Voronezh, five people were killed, the governor of the Voronezh region said. According to him, several dozen citizens turned to medical institutions, most of them were sent home after receiving assistance. Gusev also said that the industrial enterprise in the left bank part of the city suffered the most damage; there was a fire there. The fire has been extinguished, and debris removal continues.

"Glasnaya" tells the story of "the quietest Russian dissident" On May 12, dissident and human rights activist Nina Litvinova, who had devoted her entire life, since the late 1960s, to helping political prisoners, first in the USSR and then in Russia, committed suicide in Moscow. Litvinova’s cousin, journalist Masha Slonim, published her suicide note.

It was opened on the site of the former Gulag History Museum (well, yes, the authorities don’t want to remember the repressions) A new Museum of Memory opened in Moscow on June 22. As TASS writes, this is Russia’s first “scientific, educational and public center” about Nazi crimes against civilians during the Great Patriotic War. The museum, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the “genocide of the Soviet people,” is located in a building in 1st Samotechny Lane.

Marketplaces Avito, Ozon and Wildberries, at the request of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), banned the sale of fuel on their platforms. This is stated in a message from the service, cited by RIA Novosti. According to the FAS, Avito hid advertisements about fuel trade. The sale of fuel for cars is prohibited on Ozon and Wildberries, and attempts to create cards for such goods are blocked at the moderation stage before they appear on the site.

The government has prepared a new version of the bill on regulating artificial intelligence in Russia. Compared to the first version, the document has been greatly reduced - now it contains 13 articles instead of 21, RBC , Izvestia and Kommersant report.

At least 13 people were killed and 66 injured in an explosion in the Ras Laffan industrial zone near the Qatari capital Doha. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the country's Ministry of Energy. The explosion occurred on the evening of June 21. According to preliminary data, it was caused by an accident during the launch of operations at the facility. Ras Laffan is Qatar's main industrial center for liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing.

The governor of the Vladimir region, Alexander Avdeev, called on residents of the region to reduce travel in private cars and buy gasoline “exclusively in the volumes required now.” He stated this following an operational meeting of the regional government, which was devoted to shortages of gasoline at gas stations. “The calmer the residents’ reaction to temporary difficulties, the faster it will be possible to return the situation to normal,” Avdeev wrote in his Telegram channel.

On the night of June 22, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Dubna Space Communications Center in the Moscow region. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. The report of the Ukrainian army states that “the object is hit,” there is “large-scale smoke observed,” and “the damage is being specified.” The attack was confirmed by the press service of the center’s parent structure, the Space Communications enterprise.

American economist and former chairman of the US Federal Reserve System (FRS) Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. Greenspan's death was announced by his wife Andrea Mitchell. Steven Ferdman/Getty Images “Alan died at our home this morning at the age of 100 from complications of Parkinson's disease. “He was an extraordinary man who helped shape the U.S. economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but he was always honest about his mistakes,” NBC News quoted her as saying.

The Bank of Russia refused to allow Sberbank, Alfa Bank and T-Bank to create their own payment system. RBC reports this with reference to sources (the publication’s material is under subscription, it is retold by Forbes). According to the publication, the regulator rejected all models of such a system proposed by banks, making it clear that there would be no alternative to the National Payment Card System (NSCP) on the Russian market.

What's at the World Cup? Super short Juan Luis Diaz / Quality Sport Images / Getty Images Spanish football player Lamin Yamal celebrates a goal against Saudi Arabia. June 21, 2026 Who played with whom? Spain, after a draw with Cape Verde, defeated Saudi Arabia with a score of 4:0. 18-year-old Lamin Yamal scored his first goal at the World Cup, and striker Mikel Oyarzabal scored two more goals (and an assist).