Editing Karelian question (section)

=== Price ===
[[Image:Svetogorsk.jpg|thumb|right|Blocks of flats built in the Soviet era in [[Svetogorsk]] (Enso)]]
One of the main reasons for opposing the return is the fear of the costs it would bring. According to another poll conducted by ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'', 42% of Finns opposing the return list that as the most important single reason. The standard of living on the Russian side of the border is much lower than on the Finnish side.{{fact|date=November 2022}} The [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|GDP (PPP) per capita]] in Finland is about double that of Russia.

The costs of bringing Karelia to the same level with the rest of Finland have been researched only by supporters of the idea. According to a survey conducted by ProKarelia, the area has natural advantages that, under Finnish rule, would make it a centre of trade with Russia and industry and thus bring economic growth fast enough to solve the entire problem. According to both ProKarelian research and Arto Lahti's estimate, the price of return would be about 30 billion [[euro]].<ref name="reform">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prokarelia.net/en/?x=reform |title=ProKarelia's Reform |access-date=2006-05-25 |archive-date=2016-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826194200/http://prokarelia.net/en/?x=reform |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/cgi-bin/pika/jutut.pl?/arkisto/Arkisto_1999/3.joulukuu/base+1643  Karjalan palauttamisen lasketaan kannattavan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408094839/http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/cgi-bin/pika/jutut.pl?%2Farkisto%2FArkisto_1999%2F3.joulukuu%2Fbase+1643 |date=2008-04-08 }}</ref><ref>Arto Lahti's lecture in Karjala seminar 23 August 2005 [http://prokarelia.net/fi/?x=artikkeli&article_id=656&author=65 abridgement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212102541/http://prokarelia.net/fi/?x=artikkeli&article_id=656&author=65 |date=2016-12-12 }}</ref>