During the conversation with Staab and Vester, Putin "lectured" on the history of the Slavs, and did not discuss peace in Ukraine, - FT During a phone conversation with Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Herster on October 27, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin spent most of the time talking about medieval Slavic history, not the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine. This is what the Financial Times reports with reference to three informed interlocutors. According to the publication, this is Putin's first conversation with any of Ukraine's European allies since last July, when he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron. Initially, the call was planned for less than half an hour, but it lasted 90 minutes, Stubb told Finnish media. According to three FT interlocutors, instead of discussing the main issues of ending the war, Putin "gave" the Nordic leaders a long speech about what the Kremlin called "the root causes of the conflict". The issue of an immediate ceasefire, which is the main demand of Ukraine, was hardly discussed, they added. One of the interlocutors said that the Nordic leaders decided not to disturb Putin in order to understand how serious he is in dialogue with Europe. And we are on Facebook, Instagram, X, Tik-Tok, YouTube.

During the conversation with Staab and Vester, Putin "lectured" on the history of the Slavs, and did not discuss peace in Ukraine, - FT During a phone conversation with Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Herster on October 27, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin spent most of the time talking about medieval Slavic history, not the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine. This is what the Financial Times reports with reference to three informed interlocutors. According to the publication, this is Putin's first conversation with any of Ukraine's European allies since last July, when he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron. Initially, the call was planned for less than half an hour, but it lasted 90 minutes, Stubb told Finnish media. According to three FT interlocutors, instead of discussing the main issues of ending the war, Putin "gave" the Nordic leaders a long speech about what the Kremlin called "the root causes of the conflict". The issue of an immediate ceasefire, which is the main demand of Ukraine, was hardly discussed, they added. One of the interlocutors said that the Nordic leaders decided not to disturb Putin in order to understand how serious he is in dialogue with Europe. And we are on Facebook, Instagram, X, Tik-Tok, YouTube.