During his stay, Putin and Finnish President Tarja Halonen will travel to the Finnish presidential summer residence at Kultaranta for wide-ranging talks.
Trade between the two states amounted to $12 billion last year, and is growing at a quicker pace this year, according to ITAR-TASS.
The agency also said one of the topics Putin will raise with Halonen will be the issue of ethnic-minority rights.
Russia has complained ethnic Russians living in the Baltic republics -- especially Latvia and Estonia -- face discrimination.
(ITAR-TASS)
Trade between the two states amounted to $12 billion last year, and is growing at a quicker pace this year, according to ITAR-TASS.
The agency also said one of the topics Putin will raise with Halonen will be the issue of ethnic-minority rights.
Russia has complained ethnic Russians living in the Baltic republics -- especially Latvia and Estonia -- face discrimination.
(ITAR-TASS)
