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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
TODAY IT IS COMMON for regions throughout the world, especially border regions, to make an increasing contribution to the development of interstate ties. Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan can serve as a model in this respect. The 7th Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum, held in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) on 6-7 September 2010, is a good occasion for assessing the state and prospects of this cooperation format.
These (already traditional) forums have their own history. They originated as cross-border forums, and this was only natural because Russia and Kazakhstan share a border more than 7.5 thousand kilometers long. Twelve constituent entities of the Russian Federation (Altai Republic, Altai Krai, and the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Samara, Saratov, Tyumen, and Chelyabinsk regions) border on seven regions of Kazakhstan (Aktobe, Atyrau, East Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan, Kostanay, Pavlodar, and North Kazakhstan).
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