Petrozavodsk will have a new sister city in Kazakhstan

The geography of international cooperation of Petrozavodsk will soon be replenished with a new point. The head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov gave the green light to the draft twinning agreement with the city of Semey, located in the Abai region of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Semey is a large administrative center with a population of over 328,000 people (according to statistics from 2023). The city is located in the eastern region of Kazakhstan, only 125 kilometers from the border with Russia. Previously, this settlement was called Semipalatinsk.