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ARTICLES
A l e x e y K o w t u n , Parliamentary Elections in 2012 in Brest, Belarus. Belarusian
Helsinki Committee Observer’s Assessment ................................................................. 13
K a r o l i n a J . H e l n a r s k a , EU Regional Policy in 2004–2013. The Negotiations
over the Shape of EU after 2013 ................................................................................... 47
S y l w i a M r o z o w s k a , Regional Interests and Lobbying in the European Union .... 70
P i o t r A . Ś w i t a l s k i , Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe in
Relation to Promoting Democracy Culture in Eastern Europe ................................... 84
J a k u b P o t u l s k i , Regional Integration as a Challenge to the Foreign Policy
of the Russian Federation ............................................................................................. 99
A r k a d i u s z C z w o ł e k , „Belaya Rus” – The Future Party of Power? ................... 116
D a r i u s z M a t e l s k i , The Third Polish Republic’s Attempts at the Restitution
of Cultural Heritage from the Russian Federation (1992–2012).
Part I: Lech Wałęsa’s Presidency (until December 1995) ............................................... 136
Wo j c i e c h M a t e r s k i , “My Face Was always the One of a True Bolshevik”.
Contribution to Włodzimierz Sokorski’s Biography .................................................. 168
M a r i u s z M a s z k i e w i c z , Wilhelm Storosta (Vydunas). Patron of Lithuanian
Identity or Neo-Pagan Movements? ........................................................................... 181
M.M. R ie zontowa , Ethno-Demographic Movement of the Poles
in the East Kazakhstan ............................................................................................... 208
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C o n t e n t s Me er im Ma k iej e wa , The Problems of Forming a United Customs Territory ...... 218
Andr ij K har u k , The Formation and Development of the Aviation Industry
in Ukraine before and during the First World War (On the Example of “Anatra”) ..... 230
Maciej Szczurowsk i , Energy Security Policy of China ....................................... 248
REPORTS
Mar iusz Wołos , Report on the 3rd International Congress “Russia and Poland:
The Memory of Empires / the Empires of Memory”, held on 26th–28th April 2012 .... 261
Pat r y k Witcza k , Report on the 16th International Conference on Slavic Culture
“East Slavic Languages ​​and Literature on Their History”, held on 21st May 2013
in Zielona Góra ........................................................................................................... 264
REVIEWS
Woj cie ch St an k ie w icz (re v.) , Barbara Curyło, Negocjacje w procesie rozsze-
rzenia Unii Europejskiej na Wschód: uwarunkowania, aktorzy, przebieg [Negotiations in the process of EU enlargement to the East: conditions, actors, course],
Toruń 2012 .................................................................................................................. 269
R afał Czachor (re v.) , Andrew Wilson, Belarus. The Last European Dictator-
ship, New York–London 2011 ..................................................................................... 275
Andrzej C ho dubsk i ( re v.) , Piotr Kwiatkiewicz, Przemiany polityczne w Azer-
bejdżanie. Od republiki radzieckiej do współczesnego państwa[The political changes
in Azerbaijan. From Soviet Republic to the modern state], Toruń 2013 .................. 280
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Woj cie ch St an k ie w icz (re v.) , Paweł Kost, Ukraina wobec Unii Europejskiej
1991–2010[Ukraine and the European Union 1991–2010], Toruń 2012 ............... 285
Varia
Asif Usubalije w , The Strategic Priorities of the Cultural Policy of Azerbaijan .... 293
A b s t r a c t s i n E n g l i s h ............................................................................................... 305
A b s t r a c t s i n P o l i s h .................................................................................................. 314
A b s t r a c t s i n R u s s i a n ............................................................................................... 316
Wr i t i n g i n t h e i s s u e ................................................................................................ 324
I n f o r m a t i o n f o r a u t h o r s ...................................................................................... 328