Moscow, EU Reach Deal on Kaliningrad
Russia and the European Union reached agreement on travel rights for residents of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, defusing a long-running dispute.
Kaliningrad, a Baltic outpost of about 1 million people, will be surrounded by EU territory once Poland and Lithuania join the bloc, probably in 2004.
Russians will be able to travel between Kaliningrad and Russia proper with special transit documents instead of a visa. The EU also agreed to study the possibility of running nonstop trains between the two areas, removing the need for transit documents.
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