Kaliningrad in the Context of EU-Russia Relations

Author(s): Alexey Ignatiev, Petr Shopin
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 15
Pages: 14-17
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

Kaliningrad's economy has been growing in recent years, but it still has a long way to go to catch up to neighboring Poland and Lithuania in productivity terms. As a Russian exclave inside the European Union, Kaliningrad plays a key role in Russia-EU relations. Much of Kaliningrad's economy now depends on the Special Economic Zone, whose benefits will be reduced when Russian joins the World Trade Organization. Accordingly, Kaliningrad needs to find a sustainable economic development

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