A week before the Russia-US summit, the Kremlin has clearly determined what kind of results it wants to achieve from the meeting. And the Russian leadership does not count on any surprise effect. To prevent the White House from becoming embarrassed and knocked out of its tracks, a draft final statement by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. It is clear from the two-page document that the main thing for Moscow is the promise on the part of Washington not to shake up the world and regional stability. In addition, the Kremlin hopes to secure the consent of the White House for the continuation of a direct dialogue between the leaders of the two countries, the resumption of full-fledged contacts on the military, intelligence and diplomatic lines, Kommersant writes, citing US sources. All these are moments, quite achievable, agree in the USA. Therefore, they are ready to take the Russian document as a basis and try to come to the said results during the summit. Only on one condition: for the White House, the most important thing is to obtain from the Kremlin the recognition that it interfered in the election of the US president in 2016. , and get guarantees that this will not happen again. Trump, intoxicated with success in the Korean field, wants to strengthen his reputation as an authoritative international figure with the help of the Russian Federation. Therefore, he will try to "create an impression inside the US that he spoke openly and openly with Vladimir Putin and made a firm commitment from Russia not to interfere in the American elections," said Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies of the Higher School of Economics.

Earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted that Trump at a meeting with Putin could raise the topic of interference in the elections. According to Peskov, the head of the Kremlin is ready to state once again that "Russia did not and could not have anything to do with the circumstances surrounding such insinuations".

Will it be enough for these assurances to the American side, we'll find out in a week. The Russian-US summit will be held on Monday, July 16, in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.