Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed the importance of Tuesday's phone call between the Norwegian and Finnish leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Norway and Finland are our neighbors, neighboring countries. And we think it's great that these countries decided to talk," the Russian presidential spokesman told Channel One, referring to Putin's phone call today with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr and Finnish President Alexander Staab, at the initiative of Oslo and Helsinki.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed the importance of Tuesday's phone call between the Norwegian and Finnish leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Norway and Finland are our neighbors, neighboring countries. And we think it's great that these countries decided to talk," the Russian presidential spokesman told Channel One, referring to Putin's phone call today with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr and Finnish President Alexander Staab, at the initiative of Oslo and Helsinki.