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Creaky gangways, car parks full of potholes and not a shuttle bus in sight: Khrabrovo Airport in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad is still as Soviet and shabby as ever. But beyond the 1970s airport buildings there are signs of change. A new terminal has opened thanks to a €44m investment from the federal government in Moscow. Its departures board lists flights to Tyumen, Chelyabinsk and Omsk as well as Barcelona, Gatwick, Amsterdam and Hamburg.
Writer: Andreas Spaath
Russia
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