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Putin’s Demands Still Stand

Christiane Amanpour asked whether Vladimir Putin had shifted on territory or security guarantees. Alexander Stubb explained what Moscow said and where Europe could come in.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 12

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“What did he say?” CNN’s Christiane Amanpour asked Alexander Stubb on 11 November. The Finnish president had spent 90 minutes on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Amanpour wanted to know whether the call had yielded any s…

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