Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, August 12th MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. Russia hopes the Trump-Putin Alaska summit sparks bilateral progress; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announces a wider military offensive to "finish the job" against Hamas in Gaza; and Russia mulls a strategic gas route through Serbia to Hungary and beyond amid a transit halt by Ukraine. These stories topped Tuesday's newspaper headlines across Russia.   Izvestia: What Russia expects from Alaska summit Russia