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

Ukraine must not accept a "Finlandization" deal struck following a previous invasion by Moscow 85 years ago, experts tell ...

Analysis of court hearings in Karelia, one of three Russian regions ... but no Ukrainian borders and war. Everything we were told was a lie." The BBC has again approached the Russian interior ...

Planned Russian military reforms that would increase Moscow's troop numbers by 30% are a threat to NATO and should be met ...

Denis Pogrebnoy from Karelia posted poems about 'foreign agents' and political prisoners on his social media page.

and the war actually started after the Soviets shelled their own troops in Mainila," he said, referring to an incident in Karelia carried out by the Soviet NKVD security agency. "The Soviet army ...

Yuri Dmitriev, 62, is a historian and rights activist in Karelia, north-west Russia. He was accused of using his adopted daughter to produce child pornography and possessing an illegal firearm.

Russia’s efforts to bolster military strength near the Finnish border face significant setbacks as the war in Ukraine consumes its manpower and resources, according to Finland’s Defence Intelligence ...