MOSCOW. July 19 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia has cancelled border controls on the ferry connecting St. Petersburg and the country's westernmost enclave of Kaliningrad, Lieutenant General Alexander Shaikin, chief of the Russian Border Service's border controls directorate, said on Monday.
"In order to comply with the Russian president's instruction on creating the most favorable conditions for ferry traffic between St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad, the Russian Border Service leaders have decided to lift border controls on this route starting from July 14," Shaikin told a news conference.
In order to travel by this ferry, Russian citizens and foreigners can use any identification document that they used for buying tickets at sea transport booking offices, he said.
The general recalled that border controls existed on this route before, which complicated the use of the ferry by Russian citizens.