Статьи Ranta

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Every year on 5 August, people gather in the forest of Sandarmokh in Karelia to commemorate the victims of Stalin’s Great Terror. Beneath the forest floo

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General Comment No. 15 on the Right to Water, adopted by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opens with a fundamental principle: “W

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Reports of rats roaming through Petroskoi have become increasingly frequent. The infestation is neither difficult to explain nor new to the Karelian capital. R

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One of the main concerns of the Karelian community is the status and future of the Karelian language. Despite its importance to Karelian identity and cultur

In February 2026, in line with broader federal identity policy within the Russian Federation, the governor of the Republic of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov signed a long-term directive defining the regio

In November 2025, the authorities of the Republic of Karelia unveiled a monument commemorating Irina Andreyevna Fedosova. Irina Andreyevna is a well-known and well-respected Karelian folklorist whose

What happens when mechanisms designed to protect indigenous populations are ignored? The situation of the Merya people, a Finno-Ugric community, offers a start example. Despite the presence of individ

Ranta recently received a report from environmental activists in Karelia regarding a serious ecological violation committed by a freshwater fish-farming company in the Kondopozhsky District. According

On October 6th, 2025, residents of Haikola, a historic Karelian village in the Kalevala district of Karelia, woke up to discover that the entrance zone of their community’s heritage trail, &ldqu

On October 21st, 2025, it became known that a former soldier who participated in the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, referred to domestically as the “special military operation&r