Fortress Kaliningrad key to Russia's assertive shield
The exclave is central to what Russia sees as a defensive line, while NATO regards it as a destabilising risk zone
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- Revived importance
- Rebuilding accelerates
- New missiles
- Iskander missiles seen as particular threat
- Protective ring or aggressive outpost?
- Upcoming wargames
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-3_350.jpg "Left to right, Russian navy corvette Steregushchy, destroyer Nastoichivy and frigate Admiral Gorshkov anchored in a bay of the Russian fleet base in Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)")