RussiaTrucks, cyclists and pedestrians criss-cross a muddy checkpoint at the Queen Luise Bridge, a vital artery for Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad which many fear will be blocked when surrounding countries join the EU in 2004. "No one knows what will happen. Life is bad enough here already," Regina, 41, said, as she returned home to Kaliningrad's second city Sovetsk after selling a bag of cigarettes and vodka for a 50 ruble (1.5 euro) profit on the far bank of the Neman River in Lithuania, which she crosses three times per week. "We'll go hungry if the border is strengthened," she w...
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