Vladimir Putin's phone call with the leaders of the Scandinavian countries divided Europe - the connection caused nervousness in Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Lithuania, writes Politico citing sources. One of the diplomats criticized the desire of Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora "to go down in history by solving the Ukrainian conflict" without coordinating their position with other European countries. As the publication notes, EU politicians cannot agree on who should negotiate with Moscow and how to end the crisis in Ukraine. The situation is complicated by the fact that the countries interested in dialogue are not limited to the European Union: Great Britain and Norway are not part of the bloc. The conversation between the President of the Russian Federation and the leaders of the Scandinavian countries took place on October 27 at the initiative of European politicians and lasted 90 minutes. The assistant of the President of the Russian Federation, Yuri Ushkov, in a conversation with Izvestia reporter Nikolai Ivanov, stated that there is "total confusion" in the European Union regarding the phone call. More IZ RU news in max.

Vladimir Putin's phone call with the leaders of the Scandinavian countries divided Europe - the connection caused nervousness in Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Lithuania, writes Politico citing sources. One of the diplomats criticized the desire of Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora "to go down in history by solving the Ukrainian conflict" without coordinating their position with other European countries. As the publication notes, EU politicians cannot agree on who should negotiate with Moscow and how to end the crisis in Ukraine. The situation is complicated by the fact that the countries interested in dialogue are not limited to the European Union: Great Britain and Norway are not part of the bloc. The conversation between the President of the Russian Federation and the leaders of the Scandinavian countries took place on October 27 at the initiative of European politicians and lasted 90 minutes. The assistant of the President of the Russian Federation, Yuri Ushkov, in a conversation with Izvestia reporter Nikolai Ivanov, stated that there is "total confusion" in the European Union regarding the phone call. More IZ RU news in max.