INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A group of cossacks and other pro-government activists disrupted an annual event in the northwestern republic of Karelia commemorating the
buried in mass graves, has for years attracted pilgrims and European delegations for an annual event known as the Day of
added.Activists previouslyaccused the Russian authorities of trying to cover up evidence of Stalin-era repressions in Sandarmokh by carrying
out archaeological digs for the remains of Soviet soldiers killed when Karelia was occupied by Nazi-aligned Finland during World War II.
