Development of the Russian trucking industry in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

The article is devoted to issues related to the development of road transport in the Russian Federation. The important parameters and main indicators of the Transport Strategy of Russia until 2035 are considered. The article notes that the general goals of the transport strategy are aim at the formation of a single transport space in Russia, at ensuring the availability and quality of transport and logistics services in freight traffic, sufficient to meet the needs of the country’s economic development. Two scenarios of the development of the transport strategy of Russia are consider - the basic and innovative scenarios. The transport strategy of Russia presupposes the stages of its implementation in accordance with the vector of development of the country’s economy, which adopted based on the general development of the Russian Federation in the long term. A certain place in the Transport Strategy occupied by the development of such a direction as road transport and road facilities. Taking into account the peculiarities of the territorial space of Russia, the strengthening of global competition, interaction with neighboring states, the state of industry, agriculture, trade and other industries, the Transport Strategy presents the cost characteristics of transportation of various products, including cargo transportation by road. Taking into account the fact that road transport accounts for a significant part of the total volume of freight traffic, the Transport Strategy provides for the redistribution of freight traffic volumes between modes of transport.