With their access to the Western world cut off since the onset of the conflict in Ukraine, Russian filmmakers have turned their attention to the city of Kaliningrad as a European backdrop for their cinematic works.

Nestled along the Baltic Sea coast, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, this Russian enclave is adorned with charming Germanic facades, winding streets, and historic churches.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/09/03/kaliningrad-the-city-being-used-by-russian-filmmakers-to-replicate-europe-amid-war

#Europe #Kaliningrad #Russia #Film #Movies #Cinema

KALININGRAD 🇷🇺  : Maisons allemandes, églises et rues typiques… #Kaliningrad, l'enclave russe coincée entre #Pologne et #Lituanie, est devenue pour les cinéastes russes un ersatz d'#Europe, faute de pouvoir tourner en #Occident du fait des sanctions imposées depuis l'agression russe contre l'#Ukraine
Marina Lapenkova TV5 Monde #Russie #Cinéma #StandwithUkraine https://information.tv5monde.com/culture/kaliningrad-ersatz-deurope-pour-le-cinema-russe-face-aux-sanctions-2665228

Kaliningrad stands in for Europe on Russian film sets - Gulf Times

>With their access to the West cut off since the beginning of the conflict in #Ukraine, Russian filmmakers have turned to the city of #Kaliningrad as a backdrop for Europe in their pictures.
Wedged on the Baltic Sea coast between Poland and Lithuania, the Russian enclave is dotted with Germanic facades, narrow streets and churches.
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/667068/international/ukeurope/kaliningrad-stands-in-for-europe-on-russian-film-sets #Russia #economy

#Lithuania does not rule out closing its borders with #Belarus and #Russia's #Kaliningrad region, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite stated. She stressed that Lithuania must be prepared for various threats along the borders.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-minister-not-ruling-out-closure-of-belarus-russia-borders/

Crash mortel d’un Sukhoi Su-30SM russe dans l’enclave de Kaliningrad. à lire sur : https://www.avionslegendaires.net/2023/08/actu/crash-mortel-dun-sukhoi-su-30sm-russe-dans-lenclave-de-kaliningrad — #crash #écrasement #flankerh #kaliningrad #russie #su30

Poland warns Russia is using Wagner troops to destabilise the region.

On Saturday the Polish Prime Minister warned the Wagner Group soldiers had moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic land corridor between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Poland sees the presence of Wagner forces as the latest in a series of provocations orchestrated by Russia to destabilise the region.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/31/poland-warns-russia-is-using-wagner-troops-to-destabilise-the-region

#Poland #Russia #Belarus #Kaliningrad

Funny - #Kaliningrad apparently seceded from #Russia and has joined #Czechia
* https://beyondprague.net/2022/10/08/kralovec-the-newest-czech-region/
* https://visitkralovec.cz/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A1lovec_Region

2003 -#Putin verlangt die Aufhebung des Verbots #MittelstreckenRaktenAbkommen-
in der Folge aufrüstung mit #Iskander Raketen noch im Osten der russischen Förderation.
2021 Der US geniale Dealmaker #Trump erhört endlich den Wunsch von #Putin - alle AbrüstungAbkommen werden liquidiert inkl. Mittelstreckenabkommen
In #Kaliningrad werden Iskander stationiert - Hello #Berlin

"Poland sends policemen to the border of Belarus"

https://www.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C1592156%2Cpoland-sends-policemen-border-belarus.html

#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #CounterOffensive #Poland #Belarus #Kaliningrad

Interception d’un Tu-134 Crusty par la chasse alliée en Mer Baltique. à lire sur : https://www.avionslegendaires.net/2023/06/actu/interception-dun-tu-134-crusty-par-la-chasse-alliee-en-mer-baltique — #aéronavale #avmfr #balticairpolicing #crusty #flanker #identification #interception #kaliningrad #raf #russie #su27 #tu134 #typhoonfgr4

Es ist doch alles sauber hier

Mischa besucht seinen Vater in Kaliningrad. Eine Gesellschaft in der Selbstverleugnung

#faz #reportage #kaliningrad #Russland #bilderundzeiten

https://blendle.com/i/frankfurter-allgemeine-zeitung/es-ist-doch-alles-sauber-hier/bnl-faz-20230617-13e80cb0?utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=social-share&utm_source=blendle&sharer=eyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoiMSIsInVpZCI6ImdkY2hpbGwiLCJpdGVtX2lkIjoiYm5sLWZhei0yMDIzMDYxNy0xM2U4MGNiMCJ9

Evening 8th of June, #RAF Typhoon aircraft based in #Estonia and Swedish #Gripen aircraft were reportedly "mobilized" to intercept two #Russian aircraft "flying near Swedish and #NATO airspace." #British fighter jets took off on Friday morning as Russian planes flew south of Russia towards #Kaliningrad. British jets #intercepted Russian planes over Gulf of Finland and #Baltic Sea. Later, British airmen would have received reinforcements from Finnish Army aircraft.

RT @MI_GOV_PL: 📣Pierwsze znaki prowadzą już do Królewca.

🚗Właśnie rozpoczęliśmy wymianę tablic, tak by widniała na nich 🇵🇱 nazwa - #Królewiec, a nie #Kaliningrad. Łącznie, do połowy czerwca, @GDDKiA skoryguje 2⃣6⃣ znaków w woj. warmińsko- mazurskim.

👉https://bitly.pl/mZlHi https://t.co/VwBReh0kc0

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Bogdan_Rzonca/status/1663870189752971264

The #Russian government seems very confused -- and in their typically threatening way -- as to why #Poland doesn't like to be reminded that one of the Russian guys who signed off on the #WW2 Katyn Massacre of 21K Polish POWs has a city/territory named after him next door.

Note that the Polish govt isn't actually talking about the #Kaliningrad / #Królewiec enclave being illegitimate or somehow taking it back. But #Russia, like Trump, cannot abide "disrespect." :eyeroll:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65545636.amp

In #Kaliningrad, the place of the beginning of military service coincides with the place of the end of service, taking into account that the cold body or its remains will be taken to Russia. https://canada.unofficialbird.com/nexta_tv/status/1643995328818085890#m

In #Kaliningrad, the place of the beginning of military service coincides with the place of the end of service, taking into account that the cold body or its remains will be taken to Russia.

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1643995328818085890

#Kaliningrad are you OK?

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1638463942153338881

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1638466973171318786

"10+ Russian Su-30s began tactical rehearsals over #Kaliningrad"

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/03/21/10-russian-su-30s-began-tactical-rehearsals-over-kaliningrad/

#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US

nihau to this premature #wechatwednesday in honor of glorious leader #xi​s visit to #russia where he will meet gover.. .err.. president #putin.

now! lets ask our selves the question, has #xijiping already signed the 99 year lease to transform #kaliningrad to NEW TSINGTAO 新兴 青岛市*?

#china #prc #politics #parody #mamema #tsingtao
*never will i ever laugh at any however incomprehensibly ill translated user manual

nihau to this premature #wechatwednesday in honor of glorious leader #xi​s visit to #russia where he will meet gover.. .err.. president #putin.

now! lets ask our selves the question, has #xijiping already signed the 99 year lease to transform #kaliningrad to NEW TSINGTAO 新兴 青岛市*?

#china #prc #politics #parody #mamema
*never will i ever laugh at any however incomprehensibly ill translated user manual