Moscow Faces Serious Obstacles In Making Karelia A Second Kaliningrad – Analysis – Eurasia Review eurasiareview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eurasiareview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since the demise of the Soviet Union, Moscow has viewed Kaliningrad as an important Russian outpost in the West first under Boris Yeltsin as a bridge to Europe and then as an advanced post for projecting Russian power. More recently, in response to Finland’s decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Kremlin has expressed the hope that it …