title: Factors and prospects for the development of geostrategic territories in contemporary geopolitical processes of the Greater Caspian Region (the case of Astrakhan region)
abstract: Russia's spatial development strategy has a geopolitical dimension and aims to streamline it, accelerate socio-economic development of regions, and integrate them more closely, defining a list of macro-regions and their composition, and identifying priority geostrategic areas and cross-border geostrategic areas of the country. However, the status of these territories is not filled with real geopolitical content as a major transport hub, which determines their geostrategic character in matters of