Not Just the Question of Visas. Kaliningrad Region in Light of

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the EU Enlargement

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary..5

Introduction...11

1. Kaliningrad Region in Regard to Russian Internal and Foreign Policy..16

1.1. Possible governmental strategies towards the region...16

1.2.Military concerns in the Kaliningrad region...17

1.3. Epidemiological danger..19

2. Relations Between the European Union and the Russian Federation and the Issues of Kaliningrad

region..21

2.1. Strategy of the European Union on Kaliningrad....21

2.2. The Cooperation Council Between the EU and Russia, and The Partnership and Cooperation

Agreement....22

2.3. The EU Common Strategy on Russia and the EU Northern Dimension23

2.4. Russia-EU summits 23

2.5. Polish strategy towards Kaliningrad region.....30

2.6. Lithuanian strategy towards the Kaliningrad region...31

3. Kaliningrad Region from Russian Perspective – Three Points of View .33

3.1.Central government..33

3.2.Local government.34

3.3.Local entrepreneurs.38

4. Findings of the Survey Research.41

4.1.Mobility of Kaliningrad region residents...41

4.2. Economical consequences of the EU enlargement..47

4.3. Introduction of visas49

Recommendation..56

Literature.