During a conversation with the leaders of Finland and Norway, Putin told them the history of the Slavs from the Middle Ages -. F.T. Putin spent most of his conversation with the leaders of Finland and Norway talking about the medieval Slavs, the Financial Times writes, citing sources familiar with the content of the conversation. According to one of the newspaper's interlocutors, Alexander Staab and Jonas Gaher Ster decided not to interfere with Putin's withdrawal, trying to understand how serious he is in dialogue with Europe. Putin also spent a lot of time telling them about what the Kremlin calls "the root causes of the conflict," the sources said. Yesterday, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr spoke with Putin on the phone. Staub called the conversation "direct and substantive," and the Kremlin said Putin accused NATO and the European Union of a "confrontational policy" and "delaying" the war.