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Articles with tag "Karelia"

Large Fire Breaks Out at Shipbuilding Plant in Northwestern Russia

Petrozavodsk’s Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant works on cargo vessels, as well as smaller service ships, like tug boats and fishing vessels...

Pro-Kremlin Cossacks Disrupt Event in Memory of Stalin Terror Victims

At least 6,000 gulag prisoners were buried in mass graves at what is now the Sandarmokh memorial in the republic of Karelia.
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2 Dead After Dam Collapses in Northwestern Russia

Authorities said more than 100 firefighters and emergency responders were sent to the area impacted by flooding.
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A Russian Region Plans to Pay Female Students to Give Birth – But Deny Payments for Stillbirth

Experts warn that the policy is an insufficient and short-sighted tool given the country’s lack of protections and ideal economic conditions for new...
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Russia Moves to Investigate ‘Finnish Genocide of Soviet Peoples’

Investigators claim that over 7,000 prisoners died in concentration camps in the city of Petrozavodsk during the Finnish occupation.
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One of the First Russian Soldiers to Invade Ukraine Is Given a Funeral 2 Years Later

Kirill Chistyakov's mother spent two years desperately searching for her son after he went missing in action. He was finally identified last month.
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FSB Officers Kill Belarusian Activist Accused of Plotting ‘Terrorist Attack’ for Ukraine

Telegram news channels reported that the man killed was Mikalai Aliakseyeu, a critic of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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Parole Overturned for Russian Summer Camp Director in Boating Tragedy Case

Fourteen children from the summer camp in Karelia died after their boat was hit by a sudden storm during a rafting trip in July 2016.
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Russian Student Jailed 9 Years for Secession Calls, Promoting Ukrainian Army

Andrei Vasyurenko was detained in March on charges of “planning to commit high treason by defecting to the enemy's side.”
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Secret Putin Residence Discovered Near Finland – Dossier Center

The property is said to feature “three modern-style houses on the shore of Marjalahti Bay, two helipads, and several yacht piers.” 
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Memorial to ‘Victims of Finnish Occupation’ Installed at Stalin-Era Mass Grave – Opposition Deputy

Sandarmokh, where at least 6,000 gulag prisoners were buried in mass graves, is officially designated as a “burial place of victims of political repressions...
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Northern Flight: The Teenage Komi-Karelian Activist Who Escaped the FSB

Nikita Goldin, a young advocate for the Komi and Karelian communities, was detained and interrogated for 10 hours. It was then that he knew he had to...
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Russia's Newest National Park Met With Skepticism from Experts

Independent conservationists said that the government is motivated more by “the need to create new protected areas” than actual conservation concerns...
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Languages in Russia Disappearing Faster than Data Suggests, Activists Warn

While Russia's 2021 census might help identify linguistic trends, experts argue it fails to capture the real number of active language users.
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