“The Kremlin and the Republican Party of the United States have a new common girlfriend who crazy about weapons,” wrote the online publication of The Daily Beast about Maria Butina in February last year. On Monday, it became known about her detention. The Bell carefully read the case materials to find out what the Russian woman was accused of. Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin.

The main results of the summit in Helsinki - in the evening newsletter The Bell The meeting of Vladimir Putin with Donald Trump ended as it was assumed - by general words about the “defrosting of relations” and the lack of specific agreements. The main news was the proposal of Vladimir Putin to allow the special prosecutor Muller to interrogate 12 GRU employees accused of hacking - if Russia is allowed to interrogate William Brauder.

Russia and the United States failed to “make out all the rubble, but the meeting showed the desire of both countries to“ straighten out ”relations, Vladimir Putin said at a press conference after a two-hour meeting with Donald Trump. “Our relationship has never been so bad, but it changed 4 hours ago,” the American president confirmed.

Clients of Russian bookmakers guessed the results of the final match of the 2018 World Cup so well that bookmakers were left with serious losses and lost $100 million, follows from the data provided by The Bell by the Bookmakers Rating service. But there is no need to worry about the bookmakers – according to the results of the entire championship, they could earn up to $500 million in profit.

Gerard Depardieu was not ready to pay not only high French taxes, but also low Russian ones. As follows from the bailiff base, on June 13, the case was opened against the actor due to tax evasion in Saransk. True, it was not considered for long - after two weeks, production was discontinued due to the lack of property in Department, which can be arrested.

The Board of Directors of MegaFon approved the divisting of depository receipts with the London Stock Exchange and discusses the divisting of shares with the Mosbirzhi. Representatives of the company and experts explain this decision of the mobile operator to change the global strategy, which also increases the risk of sanctions.

in Helsinki began The first full-scale talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump . The Presidents of Russia and the United States arrived at the meeting place - the Finnish President's Palace - almost an hour late. There was no traditional handshake before the opening speech, but Trump extended his hand to Putin at the end of his speech, the Russian president shook it. You can see the first photos from the meeting here . Opening remarks Trump ceded to Putin the right to speak first.

Promsvyazbanka Dmitry Ananiev, September 2017. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS As it became known to The Bell, on July 13, a high court in London made a decision on the claim of wealthy customers of Promsvyazbank, who invested in 2017 in credit notes located under the guarantees of Alexei and Dmitry Ananiev. The court ruled as an interim measure to freeze the assets of the Ananyevs in the UK at € 11 million and $ 15.6 million.

To complete the construction of residential facilities of the collapsed developer Urban Group near Moscow, more than 70 billion rubles are needed, learned Kommersant from sources familiar with the results of the preliminary audit of the company. According to them, it is assumed that more than a quarter of the deficit will be covered from the Russian budget, and more than half of the debts will be paid by the Moscow region.

Heavy rainfall in Volgograd on July 15 damaged the Volgograd Arena stadium built for the World Cup. The amount of damage caused to the arena worth 16.5 billion rubles is not yet known. Details On July 15, in Volgograd, a month and a half of precipitation fell within a few hours. Due to the part of the soil washed off the slopes, soil sediments formed on the roads. The city has declared a state of emergency.

What is the remembered of the World Cup in Russia - we summarize the results in the morning mailing of The Bell Probably, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the 2018 World Cup has become the best that happened to Russia this year-at least we have not heard so much good about our country, and the Russians have not had so many peaceful reasons for a good mood for a long time.

Twitter account FIFA Yesterday's victory of the French national team over Croatia ended the World Cup. Foreign media said goodbye to the World Cup to the winners and Russia. The organization and the tournament itself were appreciated very highly - almost everyone calls the championship “the best in history”. Telegraph “Really, insanely, deeply. We will miss this world championship as a single other.