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Economy, society, and politics of Kaliningrad in first decade of the 21st century. Context of region as a borderland inherited from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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In context of growing Russian-Western tension over Crimea and southeast Ukraine, context and situation of Kaliningrad geographically located outside Russia inside borders of Lithuania takes on renewed significance. Highly vulnerable region of Russia.

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This page is a summary of: The Politics of Kaliningrad Oblast: A Borderland of the Russian Federation, The Russian Review, January 2004, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9434.2004.00306.x.
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