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In July 2007, [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia|Russian First Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Sergei Ivanov]] declared that if US-controlled [[missile defense]] systems were deployed in Poland, then nuclear weapons might be deployed in Kaliningrad. On 5 November 2008, Russian president [[Dmitry Medvedev]] said that installing missiles in Kaliningrad was almost a certainty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_medvedev|title="Medvedev Says Russia to Deploy Missiles Near Poland" Associated Press via Yahoo News}}</ref> These plans were suspended in January 2009,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/28/russia-missiles-kaliningrad-obama|title=Russia scraps plan to deploy nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad|first=Luke|last=Harding|date=28 January 2009|via=www.theguardian.com|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> but implemented in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37597075|title=Russia moves missiles to Kaliningrad|date=9 October 2016|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 2011, a long-range [[Voronezh radar]] was commissioned to monitor missile launches within about {{cvt|6,000|km}}. The radar is situated in the settlement of [[Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast|Pionersky]] in Kaliningrad Oblast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/28-11-2011/119757-russia_radar_europe-0/|title=Russia's new radar to monitor all Europe including Britain|first=Dmitry|last=Sudakov|date=28 November 2011|access-date=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113624/http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/28-11-2011/119757-russia_radar_europe-0/|archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref>
A few months after the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Lithuania [[Restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad Oblast|started implementing EU sanctions]], which blocked about 50% of the goods being imported into Kaliningrad by rail. Food, medicine, and passenger travel were exempted. Russia protested against the sanctions and announced it would increase shipments by sea.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia's territory in Europe is the latest source of Ukraine war tensions |date=2022-06-23 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409035144/https://www.vox.com/2022/6/23/23179942/russian-kaliningrad-europe-ukraine-war-tension |archive-date=2023-04-09 |url-status=live |url=https://www.vox.com/2022/6/23/23179942/russian-kaliningrad-europe-ukraine-war-tension}}</ref><ref>[https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/23/inside-kaliningrad-russian-exclave-at-the-centre-of-ukraine-war-sanctions-row Inside Kaliningrad, Russian exclave at the centre of Ukraine war sanctions row]</ref>
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