Head of the Republic of Karelia (Russia) Artur Parfenchikov has met with Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik to invite Belarusians to participate in a number of unique projects that are ...

Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine is draining resources, but Leningrad Military District will in the longer run significantly ...

Your region is developing rapidly ... These projects were named by the Russian president. Some of them will be implemented in Karelia. So I would like to discuss ways Belarusian enterprises ...

Russia has joined global efforts to combat declining birth rates by introducing a new financial incentive for young women. Female students under 25 in the Karelia region will receive a one-time ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus ...

Ceremonies were cancelled in areas as distant as the southern Russian region of Saratov to Karelia, almost 1,600 kilometres away on the country’s border with Finland. One believer, Alexander ...

In the Kola region (Murmansk Oblast), the Northern Fleet’s 14th army corps will be expanded into a full army. A completely new army corps will be established in Karelia and several ... “After the war ...

In a bid to encourage young women to start families, a Russian region is offering a substantial ... and residents of Karelia. The law clearly states that the bonus is not available to mothers ...

Ceremonies have been canceled in areas as distant as the southern Russian region of Saratov and Karelia, almost 1000 miles away on the country’s border with Finland. Other regions have vowed to ...

A Russian region has introduced an incentive ... full-time in a local university or college and reside in the Karelia region. However, the bonus is not applicable to mothers who give birth to ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing holes in icy ponds and riversView on euronews ...