Особый миграционный статус Калининградской области

Abstract

Goal – the author analyzes the special provisions of modern migration law of the Russian Federation, which regulate the special procedure for visiting the Kaliningrad region. The attention of the author focuses on the study of Russian migration legislation amendments, which significantly liberalized the migration procedure for foreign citizens visiting the Kaliningrad region on a short-term basis by introducing electronic visas (e-visa) valid merely for a particular subject of the Russian Federation. Research methodology – in this paper, the author uses the traditional methods of scientific research, such as analysis, induction, deduction, as well as logical and historical-legal methods. The author also undertakes a formal legal analysis of relevant provisions of federal law and current issues of legal practice in the Kaliningrad region. Score/results – based on the analysis of the federal migration legislation, which simplifies the legal regime for visiting the Kaliningrad region by e-visas, the author concludes that this legal mechanism of the migration policy of modern Russia plays an important role in the economic development of this region of the Russian Federation. In addition, the author draws attention to the fact that electronic visas can also contribute to the development of scientific and educational cooperation between higher education institutions of the Kaliningrad region and their foreign partners. In particular, this migration mechanism can be actively used in order to improve the cooperation between the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University with international partners in the framework of multiple projects, including “The Border University Network” (BUN), “The Baltic Sea Region Universities Network” (BSRUN), and other important international network projects in the field of higher education and science. Originality/value – the article contains original conclusions on improving the legal mechanism of electronic visas used when foreign citizens visit the Kaliningrad Region. Namely, the author expresses his suggestions on permanently maintaining the charge-free nature of these e-visas for visits of the Kaliningrad Region, as well as relaunching small border traffic (SBT) between the Kaliningrad region and the Republic of Poland (with selected Polish border areas (voivodships).