Under the Regulation set forth by Administration of the Republic of Karelia and signed by Sergei Katanandov, Head of Karelia, navigation of low-tonnage vessels in non-navigable waters of Olontskii, Sortavalskii, Lakhdenpokhskii, Suoyarvskii, Pryazhinskii, Prionezhskii, Kondopozhskii, Pudozhskii regions and Petrozavodsk will be over from November 1, 2009.
A week later (from November 7, 2009) the navigation will be as well closed in Medvezhiegorskii, Muezerskii, Belomorskii, Segezhskii, Kemskii, Kalevalskii, Loukhskii areas and in Kostomuksha, informed Administration of the region.