But while people in the Czech Republic and Poland have been laughing regarding it for days, some in Russia are taking it deadly seriously. The internet portal politexpert.net felt compelled to ask an expert regarding it. A certain Mikhail Tymoshenko, a retired colonel, assured in an interview: Poland and the Czech Republic should not hope for a partition of the Kaliningrad region, because Russia will never give up its territory. Warsaw might be cornered if it provokes the forces of the Russian Federation’s Baltic Fleet, sources said. Apparently the expert doesn’t understand a joke.