The issue was published in August 2003 ISBN 5-902547-024 This publication was prepared by the EastWest Institute with the support of the Office of the Russian Federation President’s Envoy to the North-Western Federal District and the Kaliningrad Regional Development Agency.

These materials are the result of the EastWest Institute’s project Support to Transforming the Kaliningrad Oblast into a Pilot Region of Russian-EU Cooperation. Kaliningrad as a Pilot Region in Russian-EU Partnership was prepared by a group of experts from the Kaliningrad Regional Development Agency led by Artur Usanov, the Agency’s Chief Executive Officer. The report was edited by Andrey Stepanov, Deputy of the Russian Federation President’s Envoy to the North-Western Federal District, Doctor of Economics.