Norway demands Financial Times correct article about Støre and Stubb's call with Putin

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that the FT publication of October 27 about the phone call with Putin contains inaccurate information and asked the newspaper to make corrections. According to him, Putin set out his position and analyzed the events since 2014, rather than lecturing about medieval history.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 29 October 2026 at 06:202 min read

The key facts

Støre, in an interview with TV2, called the FT's claims erroneous and asked for the article to be corrected
On October 27, the FT wrote, citing unnamed sources, about “lectures on medieval Slavic history”
The call took place on October 27; the Ukrainian issue and the talks in Abu Dhabi were discussed

The essence of the dispute over the publication

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has asked the British newspaper Financial Times to correct an article about his joint phone call with Finnish President Alexander Stubb to Vladimir Putin. “This is wrong. And we have asked the Financial Times to correct it, because it is not true.”, Støre said in an interview with the TV channel TV2.

What exactly the Norwegian prime minister disputes

The dispute concerns a piece published by the FT on October 27. Citing unnamed sources, the outlet claimed that Putin had allegedly devoted a significant part of the conversation to the history of the Slavic peoples in the Middle Ages, and that instead of discussing terms for ending the conflict, the European leaders had to listen to a lengthy speech about its causes. Støre rejected this version: according to him, Putin set out his position on the current situation and analyzed the events from 2014 to the present day. The prime minister also disagreed with the claim that he and Stubb were not given a chance to speak.

Context of the call

The phone call between Stubb and Støre and Putin took place on October 27. According to the office of the Finnish leader, the Ukrainian issue and upcoming talks in Abu Dhabi were discussed; the Kremlin said Putin gave his assessment of the situation in the conflict zone and stressed the need for a sustainable peace. Life.ru previously reported, citing its sources, that Stubb and Støre themselves requested the call three or four days before the talks. Gazeta.Ru also notes that earlier in the West this call was described as a victory for Putin. The Financial Times' reaction to Oslo's demand is not reported in the publications.