In fact, Kaliningrad joined Russia after the Second World War. There is not a single claim to Russia from any country about the territory. Kaliningrad has the same status of the subject of the Russian Federation, like any other subject of the Federation.
In fact, yadayadayada!
Königsberg is the historical name for the present-day city of Kaliningrad. Originally a Sambian, or Old Prussian city, it later belonged to the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, the Duchy of Prussia, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and Germany until 1946. After being largely destroyed in World War II by Soviet forces and
annexed by the Soviet Union thereafter, the city was renamed Kaliningrad.
During World War II, Königsberg was heavily damaged by Allied bombing in 1944 and during its siege in 1945.
The city was captured and occupied by the Soviet Union. Its German population was expelled, and the city was repopulated with Russians and others from the Soviet Union. Briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg (Кёнигсберг), it was renamed "Kaliningrad" in 1946 in honour of Soviet leader Mikhail Kalinin.
It is now the capital of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave bordered in the north by Lithuania and in the south by Poland.
The territory's current legal status is unclear.
The Potsdam Agreement placed it provisionally under Soviet administration, but did not mention an explicit right of annexation. In the Final Settlement (1990)
Germany renounced all claim to it, but without specifically transferring its former title to any other party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
I think Europe has not yet degrade to Tutsi or Sioux level. Europe is a self-sufficient civilization, which can cope with such a basic principle of existence as its own security. One can understand when the leader of African tribe asks for protection of a powerful ruler. But the European Union? The most powerful economy on the planet? Can not protect itself? This is ridiculous!
It is not the EU that is a member of NATO, but individual countries (irrespective of their membership of EU) and not even only European countries (Canada, Turkey for example)
So, anyway, have Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Georgia degraded to Tutsi or Sioux level (what in insulting, degrading remark, by the way, whosing little respect towards those peoples...)? After all, they signed the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (
CSTO) in 1992.
The CSTO charter reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force. Signatories would not be able to join other military alliances or other groups of states, while aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all.
Russia has won the right to veto the establishment of new foreign military bases in the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). In order to deploy military bases of a third country in the territory of the CSTO member-states, it is necessary to obtain the official consent of all its members.
Five years later, six of the nine—all but Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Uzbekistan—agreed to renew the treaty for five more years, and in 2002 those six agreed to create the Collective Security Treaty Organization as a military alliance. Uzbekistan rejoined the CSTO in 2006 but withdrew in 2012.
These countries cannot take care of their own defence, without Russia?
And then I'm not even mentioning bilateral agreements of Russia e.g. with Belarus.
How's that for ridiculous. Or double standard.
Kaliningrad used to be Konisberg. Was it conquered ? Yes. But all the Germans were expelled. It does not make sense to have a disjoint East Prussia. If I was Germany and had to choose what territories to get back I would choose Pomerania and Silesia over East Prussia
I'm not suggesting it be returned to Germany. In fact, Germany has in 1992 renounced all claims to it. I'm not sure though about Poland and/or Lithuania (I doub it though that they have or will have any claim). Still, let's not pretend that Kaliningrad has been part of Russia forever, and I firmly believe even Russians can understand that it is strange situation as is. Also, if - as Vostok claims - no one has a claim to Kaliningrad and it IS to be considered part of Russia, then why is it necessary to load it up with thousends of troops, S-400 and Iskander missiles? Unloess of course, you aim is to annoy and irritate or - who knows - worse.
One can't very well expect/demand other countries to disarm, or to relinquish the right to enter into military or economic alliances, just because they share a border with some part of Russia. It is simply silly.