# Putin is successfully countering Western efforts to isolate Russia, media says

https://mins.news/en/item/125193

- TASS, 2026-11-02 09:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2211741

> The New York Times’ Moscow bureau chief Paul Sonne wrote that Putin held an intense round of diplomatic activity in Moscow last week, thwarting Western efforts to isolate Russia internationally. He cited calls with Finnish and Norwegian leaders, visits by African leaders and engagement with the US administration.