Marine interaction in the Pacific region: economy and geopolitics

Based on the example of oil and petroleum products supplies to China, which make up about 60% of total Russian exports to this country, the assessment of possible cooperation between the two countries in the economic sphere is carried out, and the reasons why Russia cannot take a leading position as a supplier in the Chinese energy (oil) market are identified. Understanding the importance of modern China on the geopolitical and economic atlas of the modern world, the article shows the possibility of developing geopolitical (defense, military) interaction against the background of insufficient economic cooperation. This is shown by the example of the annual exercises in the "Sea Interaction" format in the adjacent seas of the Pacific Ocean, which define a zone of joint geopolitical and economic interests.