PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN RUSSIA IN CONDITIONS OF GEOPOLITICAL INSTABILITY

The article reveals the main prospects for the development of trade and economic relations of the Russian Federation in the context of changes in global world geopolitics. The article analyzes the change in trade and economic interaction of the Russian Federation with the EU countries, Asia (China, India), the USA, the BRICS countries, a number of countries in Africa and the Middle East. The author comes to the conclusion that the geopolitical changes that occurred in the world after the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the intensification of confrontation between the Middle East countries, as well as the growing instability of relations between China and Taiwan, caused a change not only in Russia’s foreign policy, but also in its trade and economic vector, which is directed towards friendly countries of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, including BRICS.