Putin lectures Nordic leaders on medieval history instead of Ukraine ceasefire Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of a 90-minute conversation with Finns Alexander Staab and Norwegian Jonas Gahr Stora lecturing on medieval Slavic history, the FT reports, while an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine was barely discussed.

Putin lectures Nordic leaders on medieval history instead of Ukraine ceasefire Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of a 90-minute conversation with Finns Alexander Staab and Norwegian Jonas Gahr Stora lecturing on medieval Slavic history, the FT reports, while an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine was barely discussed.