Donald Trump flies away from Helsinki, a photo from the White House Instagram After meeting with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump was in the center of the largest political scandal in Helsinki. Even his closest advisers did not understand the position of Trump voiced in Helsinki. Associated Press and The Washington Post, citing their sources, restored the chronology of the last week.

Russian woman Maria Butina , detained in the United States, received money from Russian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev, who has business interests in the United States, writes The Washington Post, citing a knowledgeable source. Details Speaking before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in April, Butina said that Nikolaev funded a group she leads in support of gun legalization, according to the newspaper's source.

The real salaries in Belarus by the parity of purchasing power in 2017 exceeded wages in Russia, the HSE study said . Details Experts compared real salaries in dollars in Russia, CIS, Eastern European countries, as well as in China and Brazil in purchasing power parity (PPS, a ratio based on comparing the cost of the same set of goods and services in national prices and currencies, thus taking into account the differences in consumer prices in various economies).