Finland and Britain on Saturday wrapped up the Northern Axe 25 joint military exercises, one of several early winter drills ...

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 ...

The Republic of Karelia is a land that is bringing tensions between Russia and Finland. Since the Scandinavian country joined NATO, relations between the two countries have been compromised. Let us ...

For years, foreign migrants have gathered at Russia's border with Finland in the hope of crossing into the country to find safety in the EU. Karelia is the region they flock to, a mostly barren and ...

And as I wriggle into the thick rubber, I realise that its gaudy satsuma hue is not even the least flattering thing about it. It also comes with balaclava and padded ‘mittens’. I have rarely looked ...

Personal archive Several thousand foreigners from all over the world are now permanently living in the Russian republic of Karelia. Interestingly, most of them were brought there by love – for their ...