The isolated Kaliningrad Region depends on European imports more than other parts of Russia. Since Moscow’s imposition of a food embargo on the European Union, EU produce has been replaced by imports from the Balkans, South America and Belarus. Residents are happy that store shelves are not empty but express concern over rising prices.
Russia Beyond the Headlines: Vulnerable Kaliningrad finding its way past food embargo, despite problems
Kaliningrad, a seaport city and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
