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Article: Kaliningrad: model of cooperation with EU? On Saturday, Russia denied that nuclear weapons had been moved to the region.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 10, 2001
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A tiny Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea, the Kaliningrad region has slumbered for the past 10 years in relative isolation, seemingly forgotten by both Moscow and the West.
But reports last week that Moscow has moved short-range nuclear weapons here serve as a reminder that Kaliningrad is not merely an anomaly on the map of Europe, but a Russian outpost of strategic importance.
Although President Vladimir Putin on Saturday flatly denied Russia had broken its pledge to keep the region nuclear-free, the reports have caused consternation among the three Baltic nations - Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia - which are striving to enter NATO as quickly as ...