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This article is devoted to the geo-economic processes in modern Eurasia and their impact on the dynamics and localization of marine economic activity in the Russian Federation. The relevance of this issue is associated not only with the increasing influence of the marine factor on the economy and settlement patterns but also with the almost universal projection of the Eurasian integration processes onto regional socio-economic development. Priority is given to the most important trends in the evolution of the Russian marine economy during the post-Soviet period (including its internationalization, structural shift in favor of the port and logistics sector, clustering and concentration in a limited number of development corridors). It is emphasized that the increased marine economic activity not only enhances the conjugation between the coastal and landlocked territories of the country, but also intensifies the cross-border regionalization along the entire contour of its border regions (Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Arctic Sea, and Pacific Russia). It is shown that the formation of ‘Greater Eurasia’ (as a trans-Eurasian mega-project) and Russia’s participation in it as a significant raw material resource and communication-transit territory, and also the consis tent inclusion of the coastal (border) regions of the country in the multi-vector cross-border interactions are directly related to a further ‘marinization’ of the socio-economic space of Russia. This requires increased attention to the multiple effects of marine activity (not only economic, but also social, environmental and geopolitical ones).