Finnish foreign minister urges Western leaders to refrain from calling Putin, calls for coordinated communication with Kremlin

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen urged Western leaders to refrain from making additional phone calls to Russian President Vladimir Putin following German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent call, Valtonen said on German TV on Nov. 17. "The most important thing is that we understand we must not engage in another race for attention from the Kremli...