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Mad Maps: Kaliningrad: The Tiny Russian Ham Inside An EU Sandwich
Seventy-five years have passed since the German city of Koenigsberg and its surrounding area became Kaliningrad, now an odd piece of Russia disconnected from the rest of the country. So how did a German region become a Russian exclave? And what role does it play for Russia today?
By Kaisa Alliksaar and Kristyna Foltynova
From the effects of the coronavirus pandemic to the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Belarus,
As chosen by Lucie Steinzova and Kateryna Oliynyk
Concurrent political crises in Russia’s neighborhood have commanded the Kremlin’s attention. But its relative caution