POLITYCZNE I PRAWNOMIĘDZYNARODOWE UWARUNKOWANIA POLSKO-ROSYJSKIEJ UMOWY O MAŁYM RUCHU GRANICZNYM
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONDITIONS OF POLISH-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON LOCAL BORDER TRAFFIC

Summary/Abstract: Cooperation with the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation is one of the most important questions in relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation. This problem was also one of the crucial issues during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took place in the second half of 2011. The activities of the Polish Presidency related to the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation resulted from the possibilities that were limited to a large degree by exogenous factors: both those on the Russian side and on the EU’s one. In such circumstances, signing the Polish-Russian agreement on small border traffic should be viewed as a success. Based on the agreement, the inhabitants of borderlands in Poland and Russia (Kaliningrad oblast) are able to cross the border with no need of possessing an entry visa. The agreement brings a range of measureable advantages connected with intensification of social, cultural, touristic and economic contacts for the inhabitants of the borderlands. It is worth noting that the agreement is one of very few examples of EU-Russian cooperation, especially in context of deterioration of this relations observed for last several years.

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