BSR Policy Briefing series 6/2018 Foreign economic relations of the Kaliningrad region Some recommendations for policymakers By Vitaliy Zhdanov, Vladimir Kuzin and Mikhail Pliukhin CENTRUM BALTICUM Centrum Balticum Foundation reserves all the rights of this publication. Foreign economic relations of the Kaliningrad region Some recommendations for policymakers By Vitaliy Zhdanov, Vladimir Kuzin and Mikhail Pliukhin Vitaliy Zhdanov, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior researcher Independent expert on regional economy, Member of the Board of the Kaliningrad regional Union of consumer societies. Between 2001 and 2005, he headed the economic block of the administration of the Kaliningrad region. The author of 156 works, the main of which are devoted to the problems of regional development, investment policy and strategic planning. E-mail:
[email protected]. Vladimir Kuzin, Candidate of Economic Sciences Associate Professor in the Kaliningrad State Technical University. Previously, he worked for a number of as a head of the Department for Strategic Development of the Ministry of Economy of the region and as head of the economic development department of the Kaliningrad City Hall. Author of 25 works on the problems of development of the Kaliningrad region. E-mail:
[email protected] Mikhail Pliukhin, Candidate of Economic Sciences Vice President at “AVTOTOR Holding Management”. Previously, for a number of years, he held the post of vice-governor of the Kaliningrad region. He is the author of 32 works on problems of development of the Kaliningrad region. E-mail:
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