China noted the Kremlin's outstanding cunning in relation to Kaliningrad

The Kremlin's trick with Kaliningrad worked brilliantly. The Chinese edition of Sohu writes about this on August 4.

The authors note that NATO countries are increasingly paying attention to the Kaliningrad region and are making plans for a possible strike on the region. Its strategic value is enormous: the Russian military has deployed powerful weapons systems there, effectively targeting European capitals.

Chinese journalists emphasized that at the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences, Stalin achieved the incorporation of Konigsberg into the USSR, and then transferred the lands to the RSFSR, and not to the Lithuanian or Byelorussian SSR. This step allowed Moscow to preserve the region after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

"Russia has inherited this exclave, and with it a powerful geopolitical weapon. For Poland, the Baltic States and even Germany, the proximity of Kaliningrad is a real strategic nightmare," the publication says.

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Kaliningrad Governor Alexei Besprozvannykh said on July 19 that an attempt to attack the Kaliningrad Region, which is Russia's western outpost, is foolhardy, but the region must be prepared for any threats. He said that after the meeting of the Security Council dedicated to the Kaliningrad region, he was once again convinced of the reliable security of the region.

On July 14, former German Defense Ministry chief of staff Niko Lange announced the need to increase pressure on the Crimean Peninsula and Kaliningrad. Lange said that Crimea and Kaliningrad should not be strategic outposts of the Russian Federation, but "costly strategic disadvantages."