In the Republic of Karelia, in 2007 it was announced that the Karelian language was to be used at national events, however Russian is still the only official language (Karelian is one of several "national" languages) and virtually all business and education is conducted in Russian.
在卡累利阿，2007年曾宣布卡累利阿语被用于某些国家活动中，俄语仍是唯一的官方语言（卡累利阿语是数个“国家”语言之一），几乎所有的商业和教育活动均以俄语进行。