The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, claims that he and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin at the request of Ukraine, which apparently wants to open a communication channel with Moscow. Staub noted that other European countries "were aware of the content" of the conversation. "It was the first time that the European Union received direct communication from Russia about the war in Ukraine or, for example, the situation in the Baltic Sea," he added. Referring to the publication of the British newspaper "Financial Times" that the subject of the history of the Slavs was allegedly brought up during the conversation, the Finnish leader said that this was "wrong information" and that these messages "do not correspond to reality". Separately, Stubb emphasized that his country "does not act as a mediator" and will continue to support Ukraine. It is, of course, bad that he began to cast pearls before, that is, to make excuses to disgruntled European leaders.