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      • It operates as a special duty-free zone with low taxes, meant to attract investment. More importantly, it is Russia's only port on the Baltic Sea that is ice-free year-round, and the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet is based there. Russia also holds nuclear missiles in Kaliningrad, placing them within close striking range of major European capitals.
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  2. Jun 21, 2022 · Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be dragged into the Kremlin’s war.

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  3. Apr 6, 2023 · Some of The Beet’s sources speculated that the heavy military presence in Kaliningrad — the home of Russia’s Baltic Fleet — and an alleged influx of officials who purchased land for cheap could explain the increasingly depoliticized atmosphere in the region.

  4. Jun 22, 2022 · Why is Kaliningrad important to Russia? After the Cold War, Moscow tried to turn Kaliningrad into a “Baltic Hong Kong.” It operates as a special duty-free zone with low taxes, meant to...

  5. Jun 23, 2022 · Kaliningrad is a chunk of Russia wedged between Lithuania and Poland, who are both members of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It is heavily militarized.

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  6. May 10, 2023 · Kaliningrad is strategically important to Moscow because it houses the Russian Baltic Fleet at the port of Baltiysk and is one of Russia's only ice-free European ports.

  7. Aug 24, 2024 · Today, Kaliningrad is an important outpost for Russia, and it acts as a potential launching pad for missiles that were installed as a response to the installation of missiles in NATO countries.

  8. Jun 22, 2022 · As the Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on, the spotlight is on Kaliningrad, Russia’s westernmost region. The region is at the centre of a row after Lithuania decided to ban goods part of EU sanctions from moving through its territory to reach Kaliningrad.

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