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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2029-9370</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
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        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">16_ZUKOWSKI</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v16i3.1131</article-id>
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        <article-title>Polish-Russian Cross-Border Cooperation from the Perspective of Polish Foreign Policy. General View</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="Author">
          <name>
            <surname>Żukowski</surname>
            <given-names>Arkadiusz</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:arkadiusz.zukowski@uwm.edu.pl">arkadiusz.zukowski@uwm.edu.pl</email>
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        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">University of Warmia and Mazury</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="Author">
          <name>
            <surname>Chełminiak</surname>
            <given-names>Marcin</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:elbing@wp.pl">elbing@wp.pl</email>
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        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_001">University of Warmia and Mazury</aff>
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      <volume>17</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>181</fpage>
      <lpage>188</lpage>
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        <p>Due to geopolitical location, North-Eastern Polish regions (voivodships) have a big potential for the development of cross-border cooperation. This kind of international activity can have impact on regional development. Polish authorities on the central, regional and local levels initiate, run and co-finance cross-border projects designed to promote integration, understanding and co-operation across the border. According to the aims of the Polish foreign policy the basis of the long-term strategy of regional development of the North-Eastern Poland could be its geographical position and long-established co-operation with Kaliningrad Oblast. Institutional framework of contacts are: intergovernmental agreements, agreements establishing Euroregions, agreements between regional and local authorities. The cross-border cooperation between Warmia and Mazury Region and the Kaliningrad Oblast could be important part of the Polish foreign policy towards Russia.</p>
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        <kwd>Cross-border cooperation</kwd>
        <kwd>Kaliningrad Oblast</kwd>
        <kwd>Warmia and Mazury Region</kwd>
        <kwd>Foreign Policy of Poland</kwd>
        <kwd>Polish-Russian Relations</kwd>
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