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

With no single European representative negotiating directly with Moscow, some leaders are establishing their own channels – with messy results The 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 t...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/pragmatic-or-pointless-europe-rift-over-pick-up-phone-putin)