Finns Call Putin After Russia Cuts Electricity Supplies Amid NATO Spat

"Finland sought to allay Moscow’s fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in
Ukraine’s east, slowing down a hoped-for Russian advance.

Hours after Finland’s grid operator said Russia had pulled the plug on electricity supplies overnight, President Sauli Niinisto spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

“The conversation was direct and straight-forward and it was conducted without aggravations,” Niinisto’s office said.

“Avoiding tensions was considered important. The phone call was initiated by Finland.”

Putin, however, told him that Finland joining NATO would be a “mistake”, insisting that Russia posed “no threat to Finland’s security”, the Kremlin said." Breitbart