The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the head of Finland Sauli Niinisto discussed by telephone-Russia relations EC and partnership in the Arctic, said on Thursday the press-service of the Kremlin. The conversation was initiated by the Finnish side, in the dialogue process also exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine, emphasized the importance of the work of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE. "Discussed topical issues of the international agenda. In the context of Russian-Finnish cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats paid attention to such issues as the relations Russia-EU and partnership in the Arctic, " - said in the report.