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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" 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" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">mgimoreview</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вестник МГИМО-Университета</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>MGIMO Review of International Relations</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2071-8160</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2541-9099</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MGIMO Universty Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24833/2071-8160-2023-2-89-216-234</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">mgimoreview-3380</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЕ СТАТЬИ. Отношения Индии и России в региональной перспективе</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>RESEARCH ARTICLES. Russia-India Relations in Regional Perspective</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Международный транспортный коридор «Север-Юг»: вызовы и возможности для развития транспортной связности между Россией и Индией</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>The International North-South Transport Corridor: The Prospects and Challenges for Connectivity between Russia and India</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Захаров</surname><given-names>А, И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zakharov</surname><given-names>Aleksei</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Алексей Игоревич Захаров – кандидат исторических наук, научный сотрудник международной лаборатории исследований мирового порядка и нового регионализма факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики101000, Россия, Москва, улица Мясницкая, 20</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Aleksei I. Zakharov – Cand.Sci. (History), Research Fellow at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs</p><p>20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Moscow, Russia, 101000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">azaharov@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>24</day><month>05</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>216</fpage><lpage>234</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Захаров А.И., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Захаров А.И.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zakharov A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/3380">https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/3380</self-uri><abstract><p>Транспортная связность – один из традиционных вызовов для развития торгового сотрудничества между Россией и Индией. Отсутствие общей границы, нестабильная обстановка в области безопасности в Афганистане и территориальные споры между Индией и Пакистаном не позволяют создать удобный транспортный коридор между странами, а также и серьезно затрудняют реализацию других проектов в сфере энергетики. Сегодня существует три торговых пути между Индией и Россией: 1) судоходный маршрут через Суэцкий канал; 2) периодические поставки по восточному морскому коридору Владивосток-Ченнаи; 3) использование маршрутов международного транспортного коридора «Север-Юг». Учитывая санкционные риски при использовании морских перевозок через Европу, последний маршрут сегодня приобретает особое значение для выхода российских компаний на рынки Индии, Персидского залива и Восточной Африки. В свою очередь, для Индии развитие МТК «Север-Юг» открывает возможности увеличения торгового взаимодействия со странами Закавказья, Центральной Азии и Восточной Европы. Это обусловливает актуальность многоаспектного изучения данного транспортного коридора: сложностей в его реализации, геоэкономических факторов, оказывающих влияние на подходы стран-участников, а также его совместимости с другими региональными проектами, такими как транспортный маршрут Европа-Кавказ-Азия (ТРАСЕКА), Инициатива «Пояса и Пути» и порт Чабахар.</p><p>Вместе с тем совершенствование транспортной инфраструктуры не разрешит всех структурных проблем в торговых отношениях России и Индии. Транспортная связность между двумя странами будет способствовать активизации торгово-экономических контактов, только если она будет развиваться одновременно с решением других задач, таких как создание надежных механизмов финансовых расчетов и устранение тарифных и нетарифных барьеров.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Connectivity has been one of the most challenging issues for developing trade cooperation between Russia and India. Due to the geographic distance separating the two nations, along with the unstable security environment in Afghanistan and border disputes between India and Pakistan, the creation of a direct and shortest transport route has proven difficult, thereby rendering it impossible to implement crucial projects in energy infrastructure.</p><p>This paper briefly outlines the functioning logistics between Russia and India, which has relied primarily on shipping through the Suez Canal, with an emphasis on the developments in the wake of conflict in Ukraine. The author briefly explores the prospects for maritime connectivity between the Russian Far East and Indian ports, and highlights several challenges for launching a regular Vladivostok-Chennai corridor.</p><p>The US and European sanctions against the Russian economy, combined with subsequent difficulties in transporting goods by sea, has reinvigorated Russia's efforts to complete the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). This corridor holds significant potential for Russia to expand its reach to India, the Persian Gulf, and East Africa. Additionally, it is believed that the project may facilitate India's connectivity with countries in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Therefore, this paper particularly examines the case of the land corridor, exploring its current progress in implementation, the geoeconomic factors involved, existing challenges, and opportunities for compatibility with other initiatives, such as the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Transport Corridor (TRACECA), the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the Chabahar port.</p><p>The author argues that, although the implementation of connectivity projects between the two countries will not solve structural problems in their trade relationship, both have a vested interest in promoting infrastructure development for a deeper engagement with new regions. To qualitatively boost Russian-Indian trade, affordable logistical solutions should be developed simultaneously with the resolution of other issues like the settlements for financial transactions, and the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>МТК «Север-Юг»</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>Индия</kwd><kwd>торговое сотрудничество</kwd><kwd>логистика</kwd><kwd>транспортная связность</kwd><kwd>Евразия.</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>INSTC</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>India</kwd><kwd>trade cooperation</kwd><kwd>logistics</kwd><kwd>connectivity</kwd><kwd>Eurasia</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ghiasy R. 2021. The Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia. In: Schneider F (ed) Global Perspectives on China's Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity. 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