On 1 April 2016, Kaliningrad’s special economic zone (SEZ) privileges expire, meaning that it will lose its right to duty-free trade and will have to stand on its own two feet. How will the Russian ...

KALININGRAD, Russia -- His muddy Opel hatchback loaded with contraband cigarettes, Vyachelsav Melnikas has waited all night to make his smuggling run from Russia's Kaliningrad region into ...

Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave cornered by the European 'blockade' By Benoît Vitkine (Moscow (Russia) correspondent) Published on July 4, 2022, at 3:59 pm (Paris), updated on July 4, 2022, at 4:14 pm ...

For years Kaliningrad has been allowed to decay as a forgotten Russian enclave surrounded by Europe. But now a movement is afoot to rebuild the city center. The castle too may soon dominate the ...

A new flash point has erupted between Russia and the West after Lithuania said it is blocking sanctioned Russian goods from reaching Russia's Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad. Moscow, still advancing ...

Russia seems to have upgraded a nuclear weapons storage bunker in its Kaliningrad enclave, according to a new report. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) on Monday published satellite ...

A former American national security adviser once called Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave sandwiched between the NATO members Poland and Lithuania, “a dagger in the heart of Europe.” Now ...

Russia staged war games on Saturday in Kaliningrad - an enclave on the Baltic Sea sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania - Interfax news agency cited the Baltic Fleet Command as saying, days ...

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"A Just Russia-For Truth" Party leader Sergey Mironov on May 20, 2023, in Istra, Russia. Mironov has warned of a possible nuclear response, should the West move against the Kaliningrad enclave ...

Russia: Likely to soon be an island amid EU, Baltic enclave looks askance at Moscow and seeks to affirm German roots. The Past, and the West, Beckons to Kaliningrad - Los Angeles Times ...