It will be more interesting to review the official readout from Russia, because as you can see below the readout from Finland and Norway is full of generalized words with no substance about the issues discussed.
Finland President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had a telephone conversation with Russian Federation President, Vladimir Putin. Here is the readout from the Finland/Norway side:
[TRANSLATED, Via Finland]: “On Tuesday, 27 October 2026, President of the Republic Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre held a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The call was a follow-up to the meeting held in Oslo on 20 October. Ukraine was consulted in the preparation of the call.
President Stubb and Prime Minister Støre initiated the call to discuss Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine and diplomatic efforts to end the war and promote peace and stability in Europe.
Finland and Norway are Russia’s neighbours, and both countries are staunch supporters of Ukraine. The aim of the call was to convey Ukraine’s messages about the upcoming peace talks in Abu Dhabi directly to President Putin.
President Stubb and Prime Minister Støre participated in the call as leaders of their countries, and they did not act as representatives of Europe.
Finland and Norway have always promoted peace and security in their regions. In the call, President Stubb and Prime Minister Støre emphasised that both countries operate in a stable and predictable manner in the Baltic Sea and the northern regions.
The President and Prime Minister emphasised that Finland and Norway will continue their long-term support for Ukraine. Stubb and Støre stressed that the war must end and the negotiations must continue.
“The discussion was direct and to the point. We are Russia’s neighbours. How the war ends will affect the security of Finland and Norway and, more broadly, the security of Europe as a whole. Ending the war requires direct discussions,” President Stubb said.
“War causes enormous human suffering and costs. War leaves its mark on several generations. In the call, we emphasized the importance of de-escalation,” Prime Minister Store said.
President Stubb and Prime Minister Støre made a phone call from Helsinki.” {Source – Translated}
Hopefully they said kill Z butt out of there so we can get better fuel prices and food.
Sounds like the usual performative political jawing. It also makes these two guys look very small, trotting obediently to Putin with a message from Z boy. If I was Finnish or Norwegian, I’d be fairly disgusted by that. It still disgusts me to think about the time that Obama bowed to the Japanese emperor.
he also bowed to the Saudis
I’m only aware of the bow to the Saudi king. And that was some very deep bow! I’ve never even seen such a bow to the English monarch. That was such a deep bow that I recall thinking the Saudi king was taken aback. And the Saudis never even offered the sword dance ritual to Jug Ears.
Contrast that with PDJT 45 shoving the Euro guy out of the way at whatever silly Euro event that was!
Sounds like the Norwegians are trying to play both sides in their best attempt to balance and come out on whichever side ends up winning- it will be Russia, but they are hedging and hedging hard.
“Spoke with President of Finland @alexstubb and Prime Minister of Norway @jonasgahrstore following their call today with the Russian leader and as a continuation of our discussions in Oslo with representatives of America, Europe, and NATO. I am grateful for the detailed briefing and for their active support for our diplomacy and the peace efforts we are pursuing together with all our partners.
Alex and Jonas made it clear to the Russian leader that real de-escalatory steps are needed regarding our energy and infrastructure. We discussed preparations for the trilateral meeting planned for November at the team level – Ukrainian, American, and Russian. Finland and Norway, as countries that border Russia, have a particular interest in sound and reliable security arrangements. We also discussed various formats for our engagement with partners in Europe that could be useful in further supporting diplomacy, our defense, and our shared security.
There must be peace, de-escalation is needed, and Russia must stop dragging out the war. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine!”
The two lines by Z that stand out, because they are full of gaslighting lies, are:
“Alex and Jonas made it clear to the Russian leader that real de-escalatory steps are needed regarding our energy and infrastructure.”
and,
“There must be peace, de-escalation is needed, and Russia must stop dragging out the war.”
The 2nd one is especially laughable; he gets away with it because Western EU leaders, the US Congress, and the MSM let him and provide him with narrative cover.
I’m do damn sick and tired of it all. I get even more frustrated when I hear people, people I know to be smart, peddle the same lies and BS. It appears, other than Treepers, and a few other types, most people have no clue about 2014, Victoria Nuland, the coup we helped forment, the overthrow we pushed, the encroachment on Russian borders, and the bio-weapons labs we built all across Ukraine.
They forget the Clinton reset button and then her selling Russia our Uranium as well as missile technology (Kolkovo). They ignore and forget a lot of what has happened over the last decade.
I do believe that Elon removing access to Starlink (although I think he took too long; Elon’s companies knew the Ukrainians were using Starlink for military purposes), as well as the US reiterating that Ukraine doesn’t have access to the military version, is also a signal.
Too many say Trump isn’t doing anything- well, he is and those people ignore what they don’t like in order to say such things. It’s also that the way Trump has to do things takes more time, especially if the actions are needed to last longer than the next two years.
Between France, the UK, and now Spain, dealing with internal Muslim uprisings (ooops, I’m sorry, I mean students) and the US continuing to withdraw military support, eventually the Z-man will be all on his own. The EU can’t provide what the US provided, and eventually the Ukranian money laundering boat will capsize; we are seeing some trying to sneakily abandon ship- just look at Norway here.
“….generalized words with no substance about the issues discussed.” The perfect description for ‘word salad’!
Kamala and her team are quick on X, taking credit for the translation and the write-up.
Sounds like a pretty useless conversation.
Only Importance is that Little Z man gets to stand on the stage for a few hours!
If Zelensky had any credibility he would not have needed other leaders to back him up on issues. This actually makes him look worse.
I think they’re all freaking out about the Trump/Putin/Xi summit.