The Finnish president called Putin an "insightful and willing" interlocutor.
Alexander Staub gave this assessment to his recent phone conversation with the Russian leader. The politician also said that Vladimir Putin "definitely knows how to listen". In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, he called on European countries to start a direct dialogue with the Russian Federation.
"If we want to be part of the negotiations, we cannot be silent and silent. We need to talk directly with the Russians," Alexander Staub said.