In May 2021 representatives of Pryazha, Medvezhyegorsk, Kostomuksha and Petrozavodsk met on a trip to Olonets municipality, discussing the forms of possible cooperation between rural settlements in Karelia and Västerbotten
Nordic Council of Ministers' project on facilitating business connections in bio-economy is being implemented in the North-West Russia, with SKBIC responsible for activities in the Republic of Karelia.
The event was organized by SKBIC, Ministry of natural resrouces and ecology of Karelia and SYKE, Finnish Environment Institute under the joint Finnish-Russian project AB Waste