The captain of the Catalan Barcelona Lionel Messi for the fourth year in a row and for the seventh time in his career became the best scorer of the Spanish Championship in football. In the end of the La League season, the 33-year-old Argentine scored 25 goals in 33 matches. His closest competitor Karim Benzem from Madrid Real Madrid boasts the 21st goal in 37 games.

Alexey Melnikov "The decision of the authorities do not show mass protests in Khabarovsk on the State Academy of Sciences, together with the unwillingness to directly talk to the protesters, perfectly speaks about this shy, blind and sample regime born in the cradle of the St. Petersburg gateway of the local authorities, gabuhs and bandits," the publicist writes in "Living Journal" .

US presidential candidate rapper Kanye West held the first meeting as part of the election campaign. During the performance before the voters, he burst into tears, reports BBC . Before the meeting, West shaved the number 2020 on his head. He also put on a armor with the inscription Security. During the performance, the artist listed the main points of his election program regarding international relations, domestic policy, trade and abortion.

The former operating director of the German payment system Wirecard, Jan Marslekle is hiding in Russia, writes Handelsblatt . The sources of the newspaper claim that he lives in a private house near Moscow under the supervision of GRU (the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation). Marsealek is considered the main culprit of fraud in the company, in the balance sheet of which they discovered a hole of 2 billion euros.

In Kiev, on the fourth anniversary of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, a monument was opened in his honor, reports "Country.ua" . The monument is a crumpled white sheet of paper made of stone with the name of the journalist. It is installed on Ivan Franco Street in the place where Sheremet died in 2016. The author of the memorial was the sculptor Nazar Bilyk. Friends and relatives of the deceased journalist came to the opening.

"The video from the Khabarovsk processions is amazing that you see how much the appearance of the townspeople has changed, their self -awareness, how they behave," writes a political scientist and publicist on his Facebook page.

The offer of large office premises in Moscow has been reduced to a minimum over the past five years. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the relevant study of JLL. “Over the past five years, the proposal of large vacant office blocks of class A in the Central Business District of Moscow has declined to minimal values.

The presenter Ksenia Sobchak released the film "Special Purpose Monastery" about the disgraced Schimonakh Sergius (Romanova) and the Middle Ural Convent. During the preparation of the project, Sergius supporters attacked the film crew. The film, posted on YouTube , tells about violence against children in the monastery, the idea of ​​Sergius about chipping and who is behind the priest. The retelling of the film, which lasts a little more than two hours, is given by znak.com and the portal 66.ru.

In the first half of 2020, 689 unauthorized buildings were identified in Moscow, 18% more than in the same period last year. At the same time, the area of ​​these buildings was 494 thousand square meters, almost doubled compared to last year. This was reported in the metropolitan state inspectorate for real estate. Most of all, self-building was identified in the central, northern, southern and southeastern administrative districts of Moscow, writes RBC .

The previously detained administrator of the “Police Ombudsman” public page, Igor Khudyakov, will soon be released, his lawyer Maxim Pashkov told RIA Novosti . “The investigation changed the scope of the charges, for this reason the preventive measure in the form of detention was considered inappropriate. The corresponding resolution has already been issued, it will be sent to the Federal Penitentiary Service, after which Khudyakov will be released,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Chechnya authorities gave a new house to the family of her husband Madina Umaeva , who died and hastily buried in Gudermes - according to one version, due to domestic violence. About this writes the "Caucasian Knot" . Users of social networks indicated that the body of the deceased was exhumed after suspicions of the violent nature of her death, and the results of the relevant examination were still not announced.

NHL Network television analysts presented the rating of the twenty of the best extreme exacerbations of the National Hockey League (NHL) at the moment, the leader of which was the Russian forward of the New York Rangers Artemy Panarin. The second place was given to the Boston star David Pastrnyak, and the top three compatriot Panarin Nikita Kucherov from Tampa Bay Lighting closed the top three.

The first study of the Covid-19 genomic epidemiology in Russia showed that the virus came to the country not from China, but mainly from Europe, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of Skoltekh, which analyzed together with other scientific organizations. According to the institute, a comparison of the genetic data of viruses circulating in the country showed that the variety of coronavirus in Russia appeared at least 67 independent sources.

The leadership of the Yekaterinburg football club "Ural" decided to stop cooperation with the head coach of the team Dmitry Parfyonov. According to the press service of the team , a contract with specialists was terminated by mutual agreement of the parties. The specialist was not forgiven for Sunday defeat from the Himki (1: 3) in the semifinals of the Russian Cup. Also, the coaching headquarters of the Urals leave Yuri Kovtun and Andrei Danilov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, by resigning, resigned the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, a member of the LDPR Sergey Furgal "in connection with the loss of trust" and appointed Mikhail Degtyarev , who temporarily acting his duties of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the LDPR faction. During a working meeting with Degtyarev, Putin, in the video, suggested that he become the acting governor, he agreed. "Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, I am ready.