Impact of Pandemic on Digital Economy Development in Russia

Abstract

–The article is devoted to the study of pandemic impact as a global process on digital economy development in Russia. Nowadays, this problem is more than ever relevant since we have met the process of economic recession resulted from restricting measures during the quarantine. Due to the current situation, the entire economy of the country was forced to go digital, in order to somehow support financial stability. Certain economic entities were not practically affected by the pandemic impact, but for the other ones, on the contrary, a digital mode became a determining development factor. Digital development level of a country determines its position in the global market. The Russian Federation has long been striving for information independence. Now, our country is not among the leaders in terms of the volume of digital economy in total GDP, though this parameter is growing every year. Thus, in 2010 the Information Society State Program was formed, and in 2019 the Digital Economy National Project was introduced. The author of this article considered the impact of the pandemic on the involvement of the Russian Federation population into digitalization, the development of digital economy during the pandemic and its projected development. Keywords––digital economy, pandemic, Russian Federation