Development of Checkpoints in the Far Eastern Federal District As an Element of Spatial Policy Implementation

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	Regionalistica 2026 Volume 13 number 3 pages 16-31

Title of the article	Development of Checkpoints in the Far Eastern Federal District As an Element of Spatial Policy Implementation
Pages	16-31
Author	Bardal Anna Borisovna doctor of economics, professor of FEB RAS, leading research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-9944-4714
Abstract	This paper presents the prospects and potential impacts of developing a border crossing point system as an element of the Far Eastern Federal District’s cross-border transport infrastructure for Russia’s foreign trade relations. The development of transport and logistics infrastructure is one of the vectors of the state’s spatial policy in the Russian Far East. Reliable and efficient international transport links with Asian countries (primarily China, Russia’s main trading partner at the present stage) reduce costs and intensify trade, enabling the development of alternative routes to Europe with third countries. It is shown that the implementation of initiatives planned within the framework of the federal project «Development of Checkpoints Across the State Border of the Russian Federation» of the national project «Efficient Transport System» and regional initiatives will lead to an increase in border permeability of the Russian-Chinese border to the level of «moderate permeability» with an increase in the number of checkpoints to 29. While technological modernization and the introduction of intelligent checkpoint elements will allow the capacity of cross-border infrastructure to be increased more than threefold while reducing inspection times.
Code	338.2+338.49
DOI	10.14530/reg.2026.3.16
Keywords	transport infrastructure, cross-border transportation, border checkpoints, modernization of checkpoints, Far Eastern Federal District, China
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For citation	Bardal A.B. Development of Checkpoints in the Far Eastern Federal District As an Element of Spatial Policy Implementation. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2026. Vol. 13. No. 3. Pp. 16–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2026.3.16 (In Russian)
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