PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN IN THE FIELD OF CROSS-BORDER, INTERREGIONAL, TRADE, ECONOMIC, AND INTEGRATION COOPERATION

Abstract

 This article examines the prospects of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of cross-border, interregional, trade, economic and integration cooperation. Including participation in integration processes within the framework of the EAEU and the CSTO, the areas of cross-border and interregional cooperation, are examples of a successful  model of interregional cooperation. Integration potentials of the post-Soviet space are analyzed.   The principles of economic bases of interaction,  adopted during the national economic period of the USSR, determined the established process of Kazakh-Russian relations after the collapse of the  Soviet Union.
Kazakhstan inherited from the common economic system of the USSR a part  of the unified production infrastructure, which in the 90s became even more relevant for economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In the field of integration processes in the post-Soviet and Eurasian space,  Russia and Kazakhstan are also leaders, which in many ways shape and set the pace of integration processes.
According to the authors, important factors for integration processes are:  geographical factor, demographic factor, economic resources, military-political factor, political factor, cultural factor, social factor, as well as reputation, information and educational resources.