https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/finland-s-stubb-rebuts-report-on-putin-slavic-history-lectureContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/finland-s-stubb-rebuts-report-on-putin-slavic-history-lecturehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/finland-s-stubb-rebuts-report-on-putin-slavic-history-lecture#u175431Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:21:55 +0000Finnish President Alexander Stubb has refuted a Financial Times report claiming Vladimir Putin spent most of a recent phone call lecturing European leaders on medieval Slavic history. Stubb stated the conversation, which lasted 90 minutes, was conducted at the request of Ukraine. He denied reports that the Russian leader used the call to deliver a historical lecture to him and the leader of Norway. Stubb further noted that he used the communication to convey two specific messages from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Putin.Why it mattersNorway and Finland recently held a rare call wi