ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE TRANSPORT STRATEGY OF RUSSIA
V.Yu. Malov
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: transport corridor, regional connectivity, eastern vector, Northern Sea Route, reserves of carrying capacity
Abstract
The article proposes to supplement the transport strategy of Russia with elements of the evidence base of some strategically important transport projects. An excursion into the history of Russia’s advance into Siberia at different stages of its development shows how important reliable transport communications are. As a tool for calculations, it is proposed to use the Optimization Intersectoral Interregional Model (OIMM) in conjunction with the PROgnosis of the System of Transport Industries of Russia (PROSTOR) model. The project of completing the new Vanino-Indiga latitudinal transport corridor is being discussed. The significance of this project is increasing significantly due to the geopolitical changes in Russia’s position on the Eurasian continent. This can be demonstrated using the OIMM’s multi-variant solutions with different hypotheses about the possibilities of entering global markets. At the same time, PROSTOR allows us to assess the range of changes in transport costs. It is important not only to advance towards the Arctic coast, but also to strengthen social control over the vast, resource-rich, but still sparsely populated territory of Siberia and the North-West of the Russian Federation.
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