Why did European leaders call Putin from Helsinki? Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin. The conversation, which was planned for 20 minutes, lasted an hour and a half. This is the first contact of its kind between the leaders of countries supporting Ukraine and the Kremlin since July 2025. As a result, the Kremlin said that the leaders agreed to continue having direct telephone contacts. On this news, the Russian market soared to highs not seen since mid-summer. However, at the time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, said that Stov and Stora "did not say anything new", which showed the desire of the Europeans to "cram into the negotiation process". After that, the markets weakened slightly. Could this conversation be the beginning of a new dialogue between Russia and Europe? Georgie Bobet comments. The full text is here.

Why did European leaders call Putin from Helsinki? Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin. The conversation, which was planned for 20 minutes, lasted an hour and a half. This is the first contact of its kind between the leaders of countries supporting Ukraine and the Kremlin since July 2025. As a result, the Kremlin said that the leaders agreed to continue having direct telephone contacts. On this news, the Russian market soared to highs not seen since mid-summer. However, at the time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, said that Stov and Stora "did not say anything new", which showed the desire of the Europeans to "cram into the negotiation process". After that, the markets weakened slightly. Could this conversation be the beginning of a new dialogue between Russia and Europe? Georgie Bobet comments. The full text is here.