Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods by Pierre Beckouche Pierre Besnard & Hugues Pecout

Author:Pierre Beckouche, Pierre Besnard & Hugues Pecout
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Russian participation in the BSR economic integration is mainly limited to energy and transit projects, with Gazprom being the main investor. There are few Russian companies established in the EU part of the BSR. Although the volume of investment by the Swedish, Finnish and other transnational corporations in Russia is growing, the actual integration of Russian business into the BSR is still rather weak (Kuznetsov 2012).

Due to the growth of EU-Russia trade, complemented by inefficient procedures and inadequate infrastructure on the Russian side, long queues of lorries at crossing points from Finland, Estonia and Latvia have become commonplace. Simplifying the customs legislation and improving infrastructure in Russia will help avoid similar problems in the future (EUSBSR Action Plan 2013). The perspectives of the development of Kaliningrad seaport are not that bright, primarily due to high competition with the neighbouring ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Gdansk (Poland), and to barriers related to customs and border crossing procedures which hinder the formation of a strong transport cluster in the exclave (Map 4.6).

Map 4.6Border crossings and E-roads in the BSR. Source ESPON Temo, 2014, Nordregio

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