For scholars and commentators who object the summit, the encounter will be nothing but merely a photo opportunity for Trump and Putin. They suggested the world to minimize all their expectations.
Although there are a number of issues to discuss, it will be challenging for the leaders to make any form of progress at the meeting, said Eugene Chausovsky, a senior analyst at geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor.
The truth is, the two leaders met twice since Trump was elected as the U.S. president, which took place during the G20 summit in Germany and on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam respectively.
But they have made little progress in reaching agreements on any of the issues related to the election meddling, Syria, or Ukraine before.
Whereas there are voices that support the talks. NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg, for example, said "the dialogue is a sign of strength."
"We don't want a new Cold War, we don't want to isolate Russia, we want to strive for a better relationship with Russia."
However, the real agreement will still be difficult, in part because these issues affect the interests of many other parties and this is unlikely to change anytime soon for both sides.
A hubbub of voices
As the Trump-Putin summit is around the corner, Helsinki will witness at least ten demonstrations of different scales and objectives before and during the meeting, Helsinki police said.
Abdrirahim Hussein, one of the organizers of Helsinki Calling, said the demonstration is not explicitly directed against either Putin or Trump but to "defend human rights, freedom of speech, democracy and freedom of the press.”
According to Finnish legislation, the minimum notification time to the police before a demonstration is six hours and more protests may be announced as late as Monday morning.
Besides the voices from protesters, other voices could also be heard during the talks.
Over one thousand media representatives from 61 countries have traveled to Finland to report on the summit, local media YLE News reported, adding that most of the journalists made the trip from the U.S., Russia, and Europe.
