The leaders of Finland and Norway have been preparing for months for a conversation with Putin.
Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stora have been discussing the possibility of telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin for several months.
According to Politico, European politicians consider it important to give a new impetus to the negotiations on Ukraine and not leave the dialogue with the Russian leader to the United States alone. In Europe there is less and less confidence that Washington is able to independently protect the interests of the continent and Ukraine.