Before the crisis in Ukraine, a pilot project between the EU and Russia was launched. An agreement on small border traffic and cross-border cooperation was struck between the region around the city of Olsztyn in Poland, now part of Warmia-Masuria province, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Poles and Russians can now cross the border without major visa formalities.
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The regional economic boom that’s resulted is now being endangered by the aftermath of the crisis in Ukraine. Report by Karl Harenbrock