Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1818-9601 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8998 (Online)


Russia’s participation in the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Eurasian Economic Union

Политические аспекты сопряжения проектов Экономического пояса Шелкового пути и Евразийского экономического союза для Российской Федерации

The article deals with the problem of political conjugation of the projects of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Eurasian Economic Union for the Russian Federation. The author examines key trends in the confi guration of political cooperation of the Russian Federation with China and the EAEU. The article analyzes the Foreign Policy Concept of 2013 and 2016 in the context of considering relations with the EAEU countries. Interests of the Russian Federation and China in the political contingency of the SREB and the EAEU projects are considered in a comparative manner.