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HELSINKI—Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are regular in contact over developments in Ukraine, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said Saturday after concluding a two-day trip to Russia and Ukraine.

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Putin, Poroshenko Are in Regular Contact, Says Finnish Leader Monday August 18 th , 2014  at  12:31 PM 1 Share Aug. 16, 2014 11:38 a.m. ET Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, speaks with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto during a meeting in Kiev on Saturday  Agence France-Presse/Getty Images HELSINKI—Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are regular in contact over  developments in Ukraine , Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said Saturday after concluding a two-day trip to Russia and Ukraine. Mr. Niinisto held a three-hour meeting with Mr. Poroshenko in Kiev on Saturday, after a meeting of a roughly equal length with Mr. Putin in the Russian resort town of Sochi on Friday. "Mr. Putin had no concrete requests," Mr. Niinisto told to reporters at Helsinki Airport. But he added, "In my understanding, [Mr. Putin and Mr. Poroshenko] are exchanging views." The Finnish president