NEW VECTORS OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA: LOGISTICS, TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND INTEGRATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF BRICS

The article examines the cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China in the context of rapid geopolitical changes in the world. Special attention is paid to the impact of trade on the development of Russia’s border regions, the growth rates of mutual trade turnover, the analysis of the economic dependence of countries on each other, the volume of direct mutual investments, and the assessment of the impact of logistics and energy projects on the development of the economy of the Russian Federation.