The monument to the leader of the cult British group The Beatles John Lennon will be opened today in the Altai Territory. A two-meter marble monument is installed in the river in the territory of the special economic zone of the tourist-recreational type "turquoise span. A concert will be held next to the monument, at which the musicians from Barnaul and Gorno-Altaysk will perform the songs of The Beatles group, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Ukrainian security forces announced the control of the city of Ilovaysk in the Donetsk region. This is stated in the press service of the National Guard, which is quoted by the Ukrainian media. According to the National Guard, the Ukrainian security forces are currently controlling the whole city. At the same time, the military note that counterattacks against the security forces continue. Supporters of the DPR strike strikes using tanks and artillery.

The authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany announced their readiness to supply weapons to Iraqi Kurds, conducting the struggle against militants from the Islamic State terrorist group. The decision on the supply of weapons of Iraq was made on August 20 at a government meeting, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, DW-World reports.

The candidate for deputies of the Moscow City Duma from the "Civil Platform", Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of "Sberbank" Denis Konstantinov refused to participate in the elections from the 8th constituency (airport, Voikovsky, Koptevo, Sokol). He made such a decision on August 19, the chairman of the Moscow party, Mikhail Vyshegodtsev, told RBC . According to him, sociological surveys conducted by a party in the district showed that Konstantinov was the main contender for victory.

The Gothic Cathedral of Santa Maria-Di in Barcelona decided to hold night excursions for tourists in order to cover the costs spent on the restoration of the bell tower. This is the first time that the cathedral in Catalonia opens its doors for night visits. This temple stores many stories and legends related to construction in its walls, which will be interesting not only to tourists, but also to local residents.

“It’s good that it’s impossible to look into the future and, based on what you see, make one choice or another. Because if exactly twenty-three years ago Vladimir Usov, Ilya Krichevsky and Dmitry Komar suddenly saw today’s Russia in all its glory, they would definitely stayed at home and drank vodka with friends. Like tens of thousands of others who then came to the White House not because “people were hanging out,” but consciously, albeit naively, dreaming of a new, democratic Russia.

The Government of Liberia decided to introduce a commandant hour in the country to control the movement of the population during the outbreak of the disease caused by the Ebola virus. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to Liberian State Radio. The commandant hour will be valid from 21:00 to 06:00 local time (01: 00-10: 00 Moscow time).

The car queue in the Crimea in the Crimea per day decreased by more than 10 times, the Unified Transport Directorate reports. On Tuesday, August 19, about 400 cars expected the queue of steam in the Crimea in the port of the Caucasus (Krasnodar Territory). As of the morning of August 20, the number of cars standing in the queue decreased to 30, the agency reports with reference to the data of the operational duty officer. At the same time, on the exit from Crimea, the line did not decrease.

The President of the Moscow Football Club of CSKA Evgeny Giner avoided disqualification and will have to apologize to the executive committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU), follows from the decision of the RFU Committee on Ethics.

In Liberia, covered by the fever of Ebola , from which there is no effective vaccine, the police dispersed the protest rally that began due to the introduction of quarantine in one of the areas of the capital of Monrovia. Law enforcement officers used tear gas to accelerate the crowd of demonstrators. As Reuters reports, none of the inhabitants was injured. Police forces on the morning of August 20 began to block the roads leading to the area where the quarantine regime was announced.

The decision to introduce in Russia sales tax, albeit approved by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, may be revised, the newspaper Vedomosti writes with reference to three federal officials. The financial and economic block of the government and then criticized the idea, and now considers it unsuccessful, trying to play.

There was a leak on the network of fragments of the scenario of the seventh episode of the popular movie saga "Star Wars", which should be released in 2015. Thanks to the Indierevolver website, it is already known today who will be the main villain in the new picture, as well as how the character of Harrison Ford Han Han Solo will look like, the International Business Times reports.

The leader of the Ukrainian rock band “Vodok Vidoplyasov” Oleg Skripka, whom Vitaly Klitschko, mayor of Kiev recently appointed his adviser, said that the team was banned from entering Russia, and their concerts in Moscow and Kuban were canceled. The Russian Ministry of Culture claims that they have nothing to do with the incident. Who established the ban is still unknown. “We can’t go to Russia, we planned two concerts - in the Kuban and Moscow.

In the Republic of Chuvashia, a preliminary investigation of a criminal case was completed against a 35-year-old resident of Novocheboksarsk, who is suspected of organizing the murder of an ex-husband. It was possible to expose the attacker at the stage of preparing the assassination attempt, and the failed victim himself gathered the first evidence, who secretly monitored the ex-spray through the social network and led a compromising correspondence with her.

The Supreme Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdel Aziz Ben Abdalla al-Sheikh called the al-Qaeda jihadists and the Islamic state of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) “Enemies of Islam N1” and, in fact, declared them incorrect. “The ideas of extremism, radicalism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam, which means that their spiritual mentors are an enemy of the number one religion,” the Fatvoy of the Supreme Mufti of Saudi Arabia says.