Kaliningrad: A beleaguered fortress or Russia’s western gateway?
Kaliningrad: A beleaguered fortress or Russia’s western gateway?

Summary/Abstract: The success of small border traffic was one of the main arguments supporting the popular conviction regarding the Europeanisation of Kaliningrad. However, the residents of the oblast demonstrated a similar attitude towards the Ukrainian crisis and growing tensions with the West as other regions of Russia. In fact, the Europeanisation of Kaliningrad was more about the lifestyle and material needs of the people who live there, including the local elite, than the values and rules of social and political life.

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