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Alexey Ignatiev
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AIKE

Kaliningrad news

21 Jul: RGS insured the Kaliningrad fish-canning combine
18 Jul: Czech CEZ says eyeing nuclear tender in Russia
17 Jul: OLN: Top management of Agravis Raiffeisen AG arrives in Kaliningrad for talks
16 Jul: OLN: Kaliningrad and German railways extend cooperation in the field of freight traffic
16 Jul: Polish, Russian experts discuss transport co-op
15 Jul: Sky Express passenger traffic surges
10 Jul: OLN: Kaliningrad residents can apply for French visas in Kaliningrad
08 Jul: KD Avia to keep Gatwick-Kaliningrad flights
03 Jul: Days of Business Cooperation with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave kick off in Minsk
01 Jul: Belarusian and Kaliningrad businessmen intend to conclude new contracts in Minsk

News: Russia & EU

11 Jul: New Agreement of Russia, EU to Have Regional Cooperation Section
08 Jul: EU Parliament demands tighter environmental scrutiny of Baltic Sea gas pipeline
08 Jul: 3 Rounds of Talks Before EU Summit
08 Jul: Adamkus received letters of credence from Russian Ambassador
07 Jul: Russia-EU summit to be held in Nice on Nov. 14
07 Jul: No More Russia-EU Visas in a Few Years
02 Jul: Russia warns Lithuania on US missile defense
01 Jul: Russia, EU set first round of cooperation pact talks for July 4
01 Jul: Russia, EU Turn New Page on Bilateral Relations
01 Jul: Chubais to help draft new Russia-EU cooperation pact

Articles

26 Feb: A grail with walls
20 Dec: Kaliningrad to be Putin’s Hong Kong
15 Oct: Niche Living
08 Aug: A principled EU approach to Russia
06 Aug: EU Optimistic About Cooperation with Russia

Documents

24 May: AGREEMENT between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission
24 May: AGREEMENT between the European Community and the Russian Federation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas to the citizens of the European Union and the Russian Federation
21 May: EU-Russia Relations, May 2007
24 Oct: RESOLUTION on the EU Policy of Issuing Visas to Citizens of the Neighbouring States
31 May: BSR INTERREG IIIB: Approved projects with Kaliningrad participation

Publications

Assessment of the Long-term Development Programme and Strategy (2007-2016) of Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation. Raimundas Lopata and a group of authors. / Added on January 10, 2008

Vinokurov, Evgeny (2007), A Theory of Enclaves, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books / Added on January 4, 2008

Between East and West: a study of the Kaliningrad region as a Russian exclave in the EU. Master thesis Public Administration. By Fred Balvert, The Faculty of Social Sciences of the Erasmus University Rotterdam / Added on December 10, 2007

Modernizing municipal finance of the Kaliningrad oblast: performance-based approach and regional development

Kaliningrad region: Economy heading for the future. By Alexey Ignatiev. The Bultic Club Magazine, Summer 2007