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​Pragmatic or pointless? Europe’s rift over whether to pick up the phone to Putin

Source: The Guardian World - Published: 29 Oct 2026 15:55

With no single European representative negotiating directly with Moscow, some leaders are establishing their own channels – with messy resultsThe Nordic countries rarely fall out in public over foreign policy, least of all over Russia.But a 90-minute phone call this week to Vladimir Putin by the leaders of Finland and Norway drew an unusual rebuke from their Danish and Swedish neighbours. Continue reading...