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Will 'Kaliningrad' Remain Russian?June 12 — The English-language Indian paper The Statesman has recently published an article in their online edition claming the Russian territory of Kaliningrad — a fragment of the area formerly known as East Prussia — is targeted by a long range plan of the U.S. State Department for separation from Russia. This report has also appeared in other sources, including The Scandanavia Post. Cited as a reference for this article is a report called Global Trends 2015. This document is freely available in Adobe PDF format on the CIA website. As optimistic as this prediction may sound, Prussia Online's review of the online version of this document reveals no references to Kaliningrad. Futhermore, the claim by the article's author that, "...the report's map does not show the Kaliningrad region..." do not seem to be accurate. On page 29 of the PDF version of this report available at the location cited above does, in fact, visually indicate the association of this geographical space to Russia proper. Isolated as this region is from the rest of Russia, it is not unreasonable to assume the issue of a Hong Kong-like future for this former Prussian outpost in the east will continue to be raised in diplomatic circles. Return to German administration certainly would be out of the question at this moment in history; however, it's position of geographic and political isolation vis-a-vis the European Union could lead some to hope for this region's re-orientation towards Central and Western Europe and a reclamation of it's legtimate place in European history, rather than its continued existence as the inorganic aberration it has become since the end of the Second World War. What's New / Was gibt's neues? 'Rang und Quartier Liste' Database About Us / Über UnsPrussia Online is a resource dedicated to Prussia's past and future. Preussen Online ist eine Quelle über Preussens Geschichte und Zukunft. If you'd like to suggest a link for Prussia Online or make any suggestions on how we can improve our site, please e-mail us. © Michael Hughes, 2003 |
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