Along the 227 km long Lithuania-Russia (Kaliningrad oblast) heavily guarded border. скачать в хорошем качестве

Along the 227 km long Lithuania-Russia (Kaliningrad oblast) heavily guarded border.

On May 5-6 2023 we visited the Lithuania–Russia border, including a tripoint between Lithuania, Russia, and Poland with a stone monument. It's an international border between the Republic of Lithuania (EU member) and Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of the Russian Federation. Most of the border follows rivers or lakes. On land, border stations are equipped with engineering and technical facilities (wired fences and the exclusion zone). Most other land areas have no fence, but some places near roads or villages have fences. In early 2017, with increasing military activity and political tensions in the region, the Lithuanian government announced plans to reinforce the Kaliningrad/Ramoniškiai area border crossing with a fence 2 m in height, funded by NATO. We were stopped twice by Lithuanian border patrols, although it's not prohibited to film, take pictures and go close to the dividing lines. The atmosphere is unusually calm, considering the situation. Except for the Russian town of Sovestk (over the big Queen Louise bridge), we haven't seen any sign of human activity on the Russian side and we believe that they have imposed a no-go zone along the border area on their citizens. Lithuanian border guards told us that they didn't experience any illegal border crossing attempts from Russia into Lithuania.