‘Helsinki against Trump and Putin’ demonstration

A protester wears a mask portraying Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration that organizers were calling “Helsinki against Trump and Putin” in the Finnish capital on Monday.

Protesters gather in Helsinki on the sidelines of the scheduled one-on-one meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The two leaders were to meet alone, with only translators accompanying them in the room.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear before an unprecedented one-on-one meeting in Helsinki.

Trump and Putin shake hands ahead of their private meeting on Monday. Before their one-on-one session, Trump said to Putin, “We have a lot of questions, and hopefully we’ll come up with answers. It’s great to be with you.”

Protesters in Helsinki demonstrate on the day the Russian and American presidents meet privately at Finland’s ornate presidential palace.

Protesters hold signs in Helsinki on Monday on the sidelines of a Trump-Putin one-on-one meeting. The Russian president arrived 45 minutes late, his plane touching down at the time when his first meeting with Trump was originally scheduled to begin.

Demonstrators wearing masks resembling President Trump protest in Helsinki on Monday.

The environmental group Greenpeace hangs a protest banner from the tower of the Kallio Church in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday.