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

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Two women from Russia's northwestern region of Karelia, Anna Trusova, 57, and Irina Nippolainen, 59, have fled the country after authorities launched a probe against them in March, accusing them of ...

EADaily, December 12th, 2025. Despite the wishes of some Finnish politicians, Russia will not resume ties with Finland, ...

(Reuters) -An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russia's emergencies ministry crashed into a lake in the country's northern region of Karelia, killing all three crew members on board, the authorities said ...

A state of emergency over wildfires is also in effect in another ten Russian regions, including the Chelyabinsk and Sakha regions PETROZAVODSK, July 21. /TASS/. A state of emergency has been declared ...

The Ukrainian Center for National Resistance (CNR) has reported that Russia intends to deport children from temporarily occupied Luhansk Oblast to the Republic of Karelia in Russia’s northwest. Source ...

Police in Russia's northwestern region of Karelia detained blogger Aleksei Trunov for unknown reasons after searching his home on August 5. Trunov had planned to attend an event that day to ...

MINSK, 20 November (BelTA) - The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Industry and Trade Ministry of the Republic of Karelia, Russia signed a cooperation agreement on the sidelines ...

MINSK, 9 February (BelTA) – A Belarusian delegation visited the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, the press service of the Belarusian Forestry Ministry told BelTA. The delegation spent several ...