Karelian Villages Win Back Their Bus
Residents pressed for their bus to use a detour after a bridge collapsed, cutting their public transport link to clinics and trains.
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The bus linking Yushkozero and Novoye Yushkozero to the Russian mining town of Kostomuksha was due to return on November 12. Residents had pressed officials to let the bus use the same detour that other vehicles could take after a bridge partly collapsed in northern Karelia.
The two villages had lost their only scheduled b…
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