Putin bores European leaders with a 90-minute Slavic history lesson on a call meant to present Europe's views
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Norwegian the Prime Minister Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb contacted Vladimir Putin directly to present European views on the Ukraine war, but the Russian president turned the call into a near-two-hour lecture on Slavic history. Støre described the exchange as "frank and substantive," while Helsinki confirmed Putin showed little interest in engaging with Europe's position.
Putin test-fired a nuclear-capable missile around the same time, raising the stakes around the disputed call.
The Norwegian premier said the outreach was designed to ensure Putin heard European perspectives directly, not through intermediaries.
Putin's history lesson left leaders with little to show — no shift in Russia's position and no sign he took Europe's message seriously.
