Transport corridors and formation of a new economic Euro-Asian belt within Russia

The economic-geographic and geo-political position of Russia is considered as its strategic national resource. One of the most effective way to use this resource is to form international, notably transcontinental transport corridors. Considered are Arctic, Northern, Central (latitudinal) and meridional corridors - North-South, Ural, Yenisei and Far Eastern. It is noted that the schemes of routing the international gas and oil pipes and power stations for supplying energy and fuels from Siberia and the Far East to the countries of South-East Asia are being elaborated simultaneously in Russia, Japan, China, Korea. In these developments however a sectoral approach dominates so that in locating the elements of future transport bridges the interests of regions are presented insufficiently. It is noted that in considering future transport corridors it is necessary to foresee possible solutions to federally-significant social-economic problems of the relevant macro and meso regions of Russia. It is necessary to develop a unified scheme of multi-transport corridors across the whole territory of Asian Russia dovetailed into the basic frame of rail- and motorways and into foreseen development of federal districts, economic regions and federation subjects. This will facilitate state regulation of Russia's integration in the world economic system, maintenance of the country's common economic space and formation of new economic belts due to efficient use of potential advantages of Russia's Euro-Asian location.