What is the Kaliningrad problem?
The Russian exclave is a point of pressure for the West but also has more to lose from Moscow’s manoeuvring.
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Maximilian Hess
Maximilian Hess is a Central Asia fellow in the Eurasia programme at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).
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