With the Anschluss of Crimea by Russia, I was wondering about another Russian enclave... namely Kalingrad... the former northern half of East Prussia that Germany lost at the end of WWII. When the Russians came in, they expelled all of the Germans... the lower half of East Prussia became Poland, but the upper half [[wedged along the Baltic coast between Poland and Lithuania) is now occupied by ethnic Russians... surrounded by Nato countries.

Germany has not expressed an interest in the former territory, now no longer near the German border, although some German political parties wouldn't mind getting it back. I don't doubt that either Poland or Lithuania would mind extra seashore along the Baltic, including the historic German city of Königsberg [[now Kalingrad).

But what is more interesting is that the ethnic Russians who live there now have never expressed a desire to leave Russia... until last year... when a large rally was held in Kalingrad complaining that everyone around them [[Poland, Baltic Republics, Germany) was getting wealthier... but they weren't!

It will be interesting to see into the future when this outpost, separated from Russia proper by hundreds of miles, become the "poor man in the neighborhood"... as the Russian economy takes some hits as anticipated...