Here you’ll need an umbrella for most of the year - it’s one of the most ‘aquatic’ regions in Russia. Despite the cloudy weather, Karelia is a hot destination for adventurous travelers fond of ...

Finland and Britain on Saturday wrapped up the Northern Axe 25 joint military exercises, one of several early winter drills held by the Northern European nation and attended by NATO allies this year.

The boundary snakes through dense forest in Finland's North Karelia region, which is blocked by a fence topped with barbed ...

Located about 1,000 kilometers from Moscow, the Republic of Karelia prides itself on its forests, which account for 80 percent of its surface area, and its 60,000 lakes. The republic is a popular ...

In 1940, following its defeat in the so-called Winter War with the Soviet Union, Finland was forced to cede its eastern province of Karelia to Moscow, and the region's Finnish population was summarily ...

Below his snow-dusted shapka hat, Anatoliy Vasiljev's rheumy eyes peer through a pair of fogged-up spectacles. In Rubchoila village, about 80km west of Petrozavodsk, capital of the Russian Republic of ...

For years, Karelia was a last holdout for Russia’s liberal Yabloko party. But a series of arrests has seen its supporters drummed out of this northern province ...

North Karelia Project – An unrepeatable success story in public health A few decades ago in eastern Finland, a dramatic reduction in the cardiovascular disease mortality rate was achieved through ...