If Stubbs and West want to call Putin again, he will always pick up the phone, Ushakov said during a telephone conversation between the leaders of the countries, such an agreement was reached, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov told the Zvezda TV channel. It was agreed that if the leaders wanted to call Putin, he would always pick up the phone. said Ushkov. He also noted that the Kremlin did not expect that this phone call could cause a negative reaction in European countries, because in their opinion it was agreed "at least with the top three Europeans". On October 27, Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr spoke with Putin by 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.