The Transport Network of the Asian Part of Russia: Some Lessons from History and the Present Day

Abstract

The importance of both the resources and the territory of Asian Russia itself in the context of anti-Russian sanctions has increased. Theses about “torn masks” from a number of Western countries and the “new world order” confirm the necessity of a real shift of productive forces to the East and the North. The Russian President’s instruction to prepare projects for a new port on the Barents Sea, Indiga, and a section of railroad (Barentskomur) connecting this port with the Russian railroad network is not accidental. The weak transport infrastructure of the Asian part of Russia may become the main constraint not only on the way of forming its new spatial structure, but also a brake on the way of restoring and strengthening the country’s position in the world economic system.