DIRECTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND RISKS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPORT MEGA-PROJECTS “NORTH-SOUTH” AND “EAST-WEST” UNDER THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES

摘要

The paper discusses the prospect of the development of Russia’s transport?infrastructure mega-projects in the context of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai?Cooperation Organization formation. The paper focuses on the country’s interests in the area?of influence of the Silk and the Tea Roads. Economic cooperation with the countries of the?Asia-Pacific region on the Trans-Siberian Railway-Mongolia-China direction, with diversification?of transport routes to all four oceans and five continents, is the most effective policy for Russia.