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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1694</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Eastern vector: transformation Russian-Chinese interaction at the present stage</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Eastern vector: transformation Russian-Chinese interaction at the present stage</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Kudryashova</surname><given-names>E.V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kudryashova</surname><given-names>E.V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>eafanasova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2780" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2780"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2018</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><fpage>83</fpage><lpage>92</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2018/issue/2/article/1694">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2018/issue/2/article/1694</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(55)/83-92.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(55)/83-92.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article is devoted to the growing importance of the Asian direction for Russian interests, as well as the full-scale connections of the Russian Federation to the integration processes in the region. The modern world is undergoing profound transformations related to global challenges and the contradictory nature of regional processes. In recent years, the role of Asia in the global system of international relations has increased noticeably. Asia is rightly attributed to one of the main driving forces of world development, the importance and role that will grow in the foreseeable future. This region attracts attention as a zone of dynamic economic growth and is one of the main centers of the world economy. Here, the interests of many states, primarily industrial and financial developed, are intertwined. The rapid development of Asia required the Russian Federation to reassess its national interests. There are serious prerequisites for the activation of Russia's policy in this region. As this direction gives confidence and stability to the general international situation of Russia, it strengthens the multi-vector nature of foreign policy</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is devoted to the growing importance of the Asian direction for Russian interests, as well as the full-scale connections of the Russian Federation to the integration processes in the region. The modern world is undergoing profound transformations related to global challenges and the contradictory nature of regional processes. In recent years, the role of Asia in the global system of international relations has increased noticeably. Asia is rightly attributed to one of the main driving forces of world development, the importance and role that will grow in the foreseeable future. This region attracts attention as a zone of dynamic economic growth and is one of the main centers of the world economy. Here, the interests of many states, primarily industrial and financial developed, are intertwined. The rapid development of Asia required the Russian Federation to reassess its national interests. There are serious prerequisites for the activation of Russia's policy in this region. As this direction gives confidence and stability to the general international situation of Russia, it strengthens the multi-vector nature of foreign policy</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>восточный вектор</kwd><kwd>трансформация</kwd><kwd>Азиатско-Тихоокеанский регион</kwd><kwd>интеграционные процессы</kwd><kwd>российско-китайское партнерство</kwd><kwd>eastern vector</kwd><kwd>transformation</kwd><kwd>Asia-Pacific region</kwd><kwd>integration processes</kwd><kwd>Russian-Chinese partnership</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>восточный вектор</kwd><kwd>трансформация</kwd><kwd>Азиатско-Тихоокеанский регион</kwd><kwd>интеграционные процессы</kwd><kwd>российско-китайское партнерство</kwd><kwd>eastern vector</kwd><kwd>transformation</kwd><kwd>Asia-Pacific region</kwd><kwd>integration processes</kwd><kwd>Russian-Chinese partnership</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>