Jaka polityka wizowa Unii Europejskiej po rosyjskiej agresji na Krymie? Polskie i fińskie doświadczenia ruchu granicznego z Rosją
Changes in EU Visa Policy after Russian Aggression in Crimea? Polish and Finnish Experience in Border Traffic with Russia

Summary/Abstract: As a result of Russian intervention on the Crimean Peninsula in February and March 2014, this area has been brought into the Russian Federation. The EU in response, at an extraordinary summit on the sixth of March, decided to suspend the decade-long visa dialogue with Russia. An amendment to the agreement on visa facilitation was frozen, as well as talks suspended on the abolition of visas. Within a few days, the matter in Crimea shattered the hard-fought prospects for a compromise between Russia and the EU for facilitating border crossing rules, including the target of the abolition of visas. The Polish experience with local border traffic (LBT) may serve as an example for other EU countries interested in signing a similar agreement with neighbouring Russian areas. It is worth now supporting practical solutions that would facilitate contacts between the inhabitants of Kaliningrad and EU countries, including Poland.

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