Norway and Finland break norms by phoning Putin directly to urge breakthroughs at trilateral talks

There is an unwritten rule in Europe that suggests no respectable Western democracy should be speaking directly with the dictator waging war on Ukraine. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre broke that rule on Tuesday with a surprise phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin, aimed at urging the leader […]

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