Poland protests to Russia about treatment of citizens at Kaliningrad border

The Foreign Ministry has sent an official letter of protest to the Russian foreign ministry representatives in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Poland is concerned with the situation at the Bezledy border crossing. According to its officials Poles crossing at that point are discriminated against by Russian custom officers. Polish cars waiting for custom clearance are directed to a special parking area called "a frying pan" where they spend as much as three days. This does not apply to Russian citizens. "The signal is very strong and we expect a proper reply. The Ministry will not leave the situation unresolved," said Ministry spokesman Pawel Dobrowolski. Similar problems have been reported at other Polish-Russian border crossings. According to Dobrowolski, the explanation could be that Russians have no money to develop infrastructure on their side of the crossing. (Rzeczpospolita, page A1, A6) J.K.