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27 Oct 2026
🇫🇮 What is said about Finland
Finnish president Alexander Stubb unexpectedly called Vladimir Putin alongside Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre; Stubb described their 90-minute conversation as frank and substantive. Putin offered no concessions and said peace would require Russia’s interests to be fully considered. Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen criticised the call, saying it had not been coordinated with allies.
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Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre (l) welcomes Finnish president Alexander Stubb during a meeting in Oslo on 20 October 2026. The Finnish-Norwegian call was “not coordinated with any of us [allies]” in advance, said Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday – directly contradicting Finland’s Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre. “I really don't understand what these two countries think can be achieved this way,” she said. Finland’s president has caused a minor EU diplomatic fiasco by phoning Russian president Vladimir Putin out of the blue. Finland’s Alexander Stubb sat down together with Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Helsinki on Tuesday (27 October) and “initiated” the call to Putin, in what was already a submissive gesture in protocol terms.
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