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Kaliningrad: Big Russia
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Like the rest of Russia, Kaliningrad uses rubles. It is easy to find ATM's in town taking various credit cards, debit cards and cards belonging to the "Plus" net, like the Swiss "Postcard". Locate all VISA and Mastercard ATM's.
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The amount of forces in Kaliningrad is unknown. However, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London estimates a total number about 20,000 soldiers currently in Kaliningrad, of which 14,500 belong to the ground forces, and the rest to naval and border forces, and the interior troops. There are two Russian submarines, two destroyers, four frigates and 30 other surface ships in the Baltic Sea.
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Kaliningrad depended heavily on the Soviet military as an important naval port and home to a garrison of up to half a million troops. The end of the Cold War, the loss of a direct link to the motherland with the recognition of Lithuania’s independence from the Soviet Union and Russia’s economic crisis caused serious poverty.
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In 1999, the German car company BMW created a 25 million dollar joint venture in Kaliningrad. The company has taken over a Soviet naval factory that was first built by the Germans before the war to make U-boats. This will hopefully have a good effect on the economy of Kaliningrad and Russia. The venture employs about three hundred workers, with an average wage of about 3,500 rubles a month (USD $130), and the cars that are produced in Kaliningrad will be sold in Russia with 30% of the cost of each car will stay in Russia. BMW’s strategy focuses on advanced sales and tax breaks. Duties comprise 60% of the price of imported BMWs in Russia.
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The Kaliningrad district harbors several major military bases, and the Russian army, navy and air force are major employers. Major industrial activities are construction and machine building. Agriculture consists both of diary farms and crop cultivation.
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While based in Kaliningrad the Agency maintains close relations with the Russian Federation authorities through its offices in Moscow. It ... maintains close relationships with the European Union from where it is supported under the TACIS Programme.
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