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Why the Baltic States fear Russia's Kaliningrad exclave
The Siwalki Gap is the closest point between Kaliningrad Oblast, and one of Russia's staunchest allies, Belarus. It's a mere 40 kilometers wide and closely tracks the Poland-Lithuania border on ...
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Russia arrests German citizen in Kaliningrad region for alleged involvement in gas pipeline attack
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported Wednesday that it had arrested a German citizen in Kaliningrad, Russia’s exclave on the Baltic Sea coast. In a statement cited by state media, the ...
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Kaliningrad: Russia warns Lithuania of consequences over rail transit sanctions
The Kaliningrad region, which has no land border with Russia, is a strategic region where Russia's Baltic Fleet is headquartered Russia has warned Lithuania of "serious" consequences after it ...
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Russia demands Lithuania lift Kaliningrad transit ban immediately
Russia on Monday (20 June) demanded that Lithuania immediately lift a ban on the transit of some goods to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The Russian enlave of Kaliningrad gets supplies by ...
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Kaliningrad row: Lithuania accuses Russia of lying about rail 'blockade'
Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea and uses a rail link to Russia via Lithuania for passengers and freight. When Lithuania banned the transit of steel and other ferrous metals under EU sanctions ...