Jantar
Jantar ( Russian Янтарь , in German amber ) is the special economic zone established on the territory of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia .
In 1991, when Lithuania gained independence, Kaliningrad lost its territorial connection with mainland Russia. Politicians therefore proposed the creation of a special economic zone. It was established by decree by Boris Yeltsin to give the exclave better economic development prospects. However, shortly after it was founded, also by Boris Yeltsin, almost all powers were withdrawn again because the then Moscow government feared separatism . Due to this policy, the development of the special economic zone has so far been rather unsuccessful. Only the watch industry has been able to develop to some extent so far.
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literature
- Stephan Stein: Rise, fall and a new beginning: ten years of the Kaliningrad Special Economic Zone. In: Eastern Europe: Journal for Contemporary Issues in the East. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2003, Volume 53, 2/3, pp. 353-367.
- Robert Schmidt: Jantar Special Economic Zone (Kaliningrad Region): competitive with the Lithuanian free economic zones Klaipeda (Memel); Diauliai (Schaulen) and Kaunas? In: Eastern Europe. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2001, Volume 46, 3, pp. 217-238.