KÖNIGSBERG (AKA KALININGRAD) UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW: RUSSIAN, GERMAN, LITHUANIAN, OR SIMPLY...

**Hochmeister** · 01-28-2014, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Aunt Hilda

at the Crimea (Yalta) Conference, the Big Three agreed on the Curzon Line as the boundary between Poland and the USSR. However, the archival material clearly shows that there had not been any legally binding agreement made between the allies about the transfer of the Königsberg Region to the Soviet Union at any of the Second World War conferences.

So they agreed on the Yalta conference, why would they need other conferences?

What's more you forgot about the Helsinki Accords:

"...The Helsinki Accords ... was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ... August 1, 1975. Thirty-five States, including the USA, Canada, and most European states except Albania and Andorra, signed the declaration in an attempt to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West ... The Accords' ... enumerated the following 10 points:
...
Inviolability of frontiers
Territorial integrity of States."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Accords

^ And the USA with Europe (except Albania) signed it. So only Albania has a legal "opportunity" to claim "rights" on Königsberg

As a result all the new frontiers after 1991 can be debatable.

**RussiaPrussia** · 01-28-2014, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Aunt Hilda

it's a ''what if'' kind of thread.
mentioning the fact that the russian federation, under international law, does not actually have a right to govern Kaliningad is not bashing Russia, it's a fact.

under international law your EU shouldnt exist