Kondopoga verdict next week
Six defendants accused of initiating the restaurant fight that erupted into widespread ethnic clashed in 2006.
Little innovation in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk
The Komi Republic is best in the Russian part of the Barents Region.
The gasification of Karelia
The further gasification of the Republic of Karelia was on the agenda when Governor Sergey Katanandov yesterday met with Gazprom’s Aleksey Miller.
Dramatic drop in budget revenues
The Northwest Russian federal subjects in 2009 saw their budget revenues plummet with up to 40 percent.
Bus connection Murmansk-Petrozavodsk
Plans for establishments of an interregional bus connection between Murmansk and Petrozavodsk in the Karelian republic have been approved.
Russia drops vehicle import certificate
Foreigners do no longer need to register their private vehicle for temporary importation at the border crossing points.
Drop in northern railway cargo
There was a drop by 17 percent in the railway cargo in the Russian part of the Barents Region last year.
TGK-1 boosted profits
Northwest Russian electricity generator TGK-1 in 2009 boosted net profits to 3 billion RUB.
Railway cargo flows down in Northwest Russia
The two main railway lines in Northwest Russia, the October line and the Northern line, in 2009 has a drop in cargo flow of respectively 17,1 percent and 16,8 percent.
Russian Barents population decrease
The North of Russia under the threat of depopulation. Since the year 2000 the population in the Russian part of the Barents region decreased by 462.000, or by almost 11 percent.
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