The President of Finland and the Prime Minister of Norway had a telephone conversation with Putin, the office of the Finnish leader reports. Alexander Staub and Jonas Gahr Stora called Vladimir Putin on their own initiative, the department writes. They emphasized that Stove and Stora acted as leaders of their countries and did not represent Europe as a whole. Stubb called the conversation "open and meaningful." According to Stora, the interlocutors of the Russian president emphasized the importance of de-escalation in the Ukrainian conflict.