The Baltic is an absolute sphere of Russian interests, and the Russian Federation will actively resist all attempts by the ...

Vladimir Putin has built a secret luxury mansion boasting marble floors and a private waterfall in northwestern Russia's republic of Karelia, approximately 30 kilometers (9 miles) from the border ...

Construction on the compound in Karelia near the border with Finland started 10 years ago when Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly paid locals to vacate the land.

The governor of Russia's northwestern region of Karelia, Aleksandr Khudilainen, has become the fifth regional leader to step down in recent days. Khudilainen told journalists on February 15 that ...

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer currently residing in Ukraine, and Alla Konstantinova, a 'Mediazona' journalist, on a wanted list on Friday, according to ...

Russia's defense minister also announced the creation of three new motorized rifle divisions and two air assault divisions, as well as two new military districts, Moscow and Leningrad.

VEGARUS, Russia -- The stream bounces gaily on its bed of pebbles as it passes through this tiny village in Russia's republic of Karelia, some 70 kilometers from the Finnish border.

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.

One of the oldest and most famous monasteries in Russia is located in the western part of Karelia on Lake Ladoga. The Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour was founded in the 11th-12th ...

Hamlets in Karelia, some of which became part of the Soviet Union after it fought a war with Finland in 1939-40, might appear to be cut off from more populated parts of Russia but actually are ...

Fishermen rescue two drowning wild brown bear cubs from a Russian lake after they were separated from their mother. Fishermen plucked the bears from Lake Vygozero in the Karelia region of Russia ...

The Russian North, and Karelia in particular, is famous for its baked dishes. А “kalitka” is not a dish that every Russian has tried.