Scientists from KarRC RAS among winners of the Russian Geographical Society’s Grant Competition 2025

The results of the Russian Geographical Society’s Grant Competition 2025 have been announced. Among the winners are Nikolai Filatov, Corr. Academician, Chief Researcher of the Northern Water Problems Institute KarRC RAS, and Anastasiia Lyzlova, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS. The objectives of their projects are to popularize the legacy of the outstanding geographer and statistician Konstantin Arseniev, and to spot North Russian folk tales in the RGS Scientific Archives.

Study trip to KarRC RAS helps specialist from Vitebsk master new electrical resistivity imaging techniques, with applications in construction

Cooperation of Karelian Research Center RAS with Vitebsk State University continues. On June 5, the University's Master's student Dmitry Lysov completed his practical training course. The construction industry specialist studied the geophysical methods used by researchers at KarRC RAS.

Scientists from India and Russia lecture on mathematical modeling of communication systems at IAMR KarRC RAS

Institute of Applied Mathematical Research KarRC RAS is hosting a set of lectures of stochastic modeling of telecommunication systems. Scholars from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) are appearing before young scientists from Russia and India as invited professors.

Russian scientists discussed the prospects for socio-economic development of border regions at a conference hosted by the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS


All-Russian Science-to-Practice Conference “Prospects for Socio-Economic Development of Border Regions” is taking place on May 29-30 at the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS. It is held at the Institute biennially and has become a traditional regional venue for the Moscow Academic Economic Forum to discuss theoretical and practical perspective of the development of border areas. This year's conference, already the ninth in the series, is also dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Election Campaign for the Director General of KarRC RAS Officially Begins

The Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education has approved the candidates for the position of Director General of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, previously nominated by KarRC RAS Learned Council. The candidates are the current acting Director General Olga Bakhmet, Deputy Director General Yuri Zaika, and Director of the Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS Alexander Kryshen. At an extraordinary meeting on 26 May, KarRC RAS Learned Council approved the composition of the electoral commission, which will organize the election process.

Exhibition “Watermill: a Symbol of the Karelian Countryside” prepared by KarRC RAS scientists opened in Kondopoga

The exhibition “Watermill: a Symbol of the Karelian Countryside” opened in the Museum of the Kondopoga land. Its core is the materials and exhibits collected and created by staff of the Karelian Research Center RAS within the same-named educational project. The exhibition centerpiece is a 1:10 architectural and landscape model recreating the appearance of the watermill of peasant Ivan Martynov from the village of Käppeselga, made by the scientists.

Young scientist researching the history of forest fires using sawn sections of trees receives Presidential Scholarship

Junior Researcher of the KarRC RAS Forest Research Institute, Doctoral Student Foma Vozmitel received Russian Presidential Scholarship. The young researcher makes reconstructions of the history of forest fires using dendrochronological methods. Sawn sections of trees can show when forest fires occurred with down to season precision, sometimes as far back as the 12th century. These data are important for understanding how forest ecosystems have evolved in different areas, and the impact of human activities and climate change on fire activity.

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet delivered at the 25th Baltic Sea Day Forum in St. Petersburg

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet took part in the 25th Baltic Sea Day Forum in St. Petersburg. At the round table session on coastal and marine protected areas, the Director presented the experience of the Karelian Research Center in the study of such areas in Northwest Russia.

The results of a study of global investment flows and the question of creating a new journal considered by KarRC RAS Learned Council

The last meeting of the KarRC RAS Learned Council before the summer break took place on May 19. The results of a study of the flows of direct foreign investment in the new world economy circuits were presented by Lyudmila Rozanova, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS. The Council also considered the question of KarRC RAS creating a new scientific journal on research in the humanities.

Young scientists’ plans

On May 15, KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet had another meeting with the Chairperson of the KarRC RAS Young Scientists Council Svetlana Egorova to discuss the YSC's work plan for helping young scientists grow as professionals.

Scientists from Russia, Belarus, China, India and Ethiopia discussed modern approaches in climate change research

An international online seminar focusing on modern approaches to the study of various forcings of global climate change was held the other day at KarRC RAS. Its participants were scientists from five countries. The event is a continuation of the networking between scientists from regions of BRICS+ countries initiated by the Karelian Research Center RAS.

Archaeologists from different regions of Russia discuss modern working methods at a conference in Petrozavodsk

The All-Russian conference of archaeologists “Connecting Space and Time” is taking place in Petrozavodsk on May 14-17. About 50 specialists gathered in person at the KarRC RAS to discuss modern methods of spatial analysis in the study of the Late Stone Age of Eurasia and another 20 experts joined online. The conference is dedicated to the memory of outstanding Soviet archaeologists - A.Y. Brusov and G.A. Pankrushev, who made a significant contribution to the development of archaeological science in the country as a whole and Karelia in particular.

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet took part in a meeting of the Environmental Council under the Government of Karelia

The fourth meeting of the Environmental Council with the participation of the Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov took place today in Petrozavodsk. The topic of the meeting was the development of protected areas (PAs) in Karelia.

Scientists have collected and digitized rare letters from the frontline written in Karelian

The results of a Marathon of letters in Karelian and Vepsian were published on the eve of May 9. During three months the Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS conducted an interregional campaign, where participants were invited to share old letters from/to the frontlines written in the minority languages. As a result, more than 20 letters in Livvi Karelian and Karelian Proper were received. Scientists digitized them and published them with transcripts and translations on a special web resource.

Karelian biologists ran successful trials of a technique for detecting fish infection with helminths based on traces of their DNA in water

Specialists of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS were the first in the republic to test the method of environmental DNA analysis (eDNA) to detect a model fish parasite in an area impacted by trout farms. This is especially important in the context of a growing number of fish farms that use the practice of transporting stock (fry) from between water bodies, which creates a risk of new parasites appearing in lakes. Currently, fish have to be captured and examined to detect an infection, and for the output to be accurate the sample should be at least 15 fish. This may be problematic in the wild and costly in cage facilities. The eDNA diagnosis system can detect the presence of parasites directly in water samples.

“To move forward, being complementary to each other”: the country's leading scientists discussed interactions in Arctic studies

Research of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems from the economic and ecological perspectives, the international Arctic policy - the results of work on these topics were presented by scientists of the KarRC RAS at the external session of the RAS Scientific Council for Arctic and Antarctic Studies held on April 25 in Petrozavodsk. In the course of the discussion the Council members deliberated on the challenges and opportunities for collaboration within the Arctic theme.

“Arctic resources must be utilized while minimizing harmful effects”: development of northern territories in the focus of attention of leading scientists

The conference “Environmental Problems of Arctic Territories” started at the Karelian Research Centre RAS within an external session of the RAS Scientific Council for Arctic and Antarctic Studies. The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation accounts for about 28% of the country's territory, contains the bulk of the country's oil and gas reserves, immense human capital, and transportation capabilities, while at the same time northern ecosystems are vulnerable and require special treatment. The ways to efficiently use and manage the Arctic while minimizing damage are being discussed by representatives of the country's leading scientific organizations.

Fellows of the Russian Academy of Sciences have gathered in Karelia to discuss Arctic environmental issues

Events related to the external session of the RAS Scientific Council for Arctic and Antarctic Studies have started at the Karelian Research Centre RAS. In the coming two days, the country's leading scientists will discuss environmental problems of Russia's Arctic territories in different formats. In the run-up to the main agenda, journalists' questions were answered by Olga Bakhmet, KarRC RAS Director General, Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the Kurchatov Institute, Anatoly Soloviev, Acting Chairman of the RAS Scientific Council for Arctic and Antarctic Studies, and Mikhail Slipechnuk, President of the Russian Association of Polar Explorers.