Fly with greetings

During a trip to Moscow in July 2016, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump, met with representatives of the Russian authorities. This was reported by the New York Times, referring to the testimony that Page gave this week at the US Congress Committee.

Soon after the trip, Page sent an email at least one of Trump's assistants. A letter read out at a closed hearing in Congress speaks of Page meetings with government officials, legislators and enterprise managers during his stay in Moscow.

On Friday, Page confirmed to the publication the fact of a meeting with Russian officials, calling it "insignificant." “I just briefly greeted several people. That's all,” he said. Page said that one of the people he met was a "high -ranking person", but did not name the name of this man.

Prior to this, Page in numerous interviews in the media either denied that he had met with Russian officials during a trip to Moscow, or said that he had met "mainly with scientists."

In the US Congress, hearing about Russian intervention in the election of the US President in 2016 continues. In parallel, the investigation is conducted by the special prosecutor Robert Müller. On Monday, the large jury of the jury, convened by Muller, presented the political technologist Paul Manafort, the former chief of the campaign headquarters of Donald Trump, accusations of 12 episodes, includinga conspiracy against the United States . The same accusations were brought by the Manafort partner - Rick Gates. The accusations relate to the receipt of money from parties and political figures of Ukraine and laundering these funds. Manafort and Gates. Both were sent under house arrest.