Moscow responded to the conciliatory moves by signalling the cancellation of threats to deploy short-range missiles in its Kaliningrad exclave, which sits within the EU.
A large Armenian population wasn’t so happy, and Armenia drives a physical wedge through the small nation cutting off an even smaller exclave called Nakchivan from the main territory.
The ship had spent several weeks in Kaliningrad, Russia's freewheeling Baltic Sea exclave – the perfect place to hide a secret cargo (as well as stock up on cheap vodka).
