TECHNOLOGICAL AND SANCTIONS CHALLENGES IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (THE CASE OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the features of regional development under the influence of sanctions and technological (digital) challenges. The analysis was carried out using the example of such a specific territorially determined economic system as the Northern Sea Route. The purpose of this article is to analyze the features of the influence of digital and sanctions challenges and threats on the functioning and development of the Northern Sea Route. The study assessed the impact of digitalization on modern economic development, showed the positive and negative features of this impact, and systematized the risks that digitalization poses for the Northern Sea Route. Directions and specific digitalization measures are proposed that are appropriate for implementation in the formation of the digital infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route. The study also examined the mechanisms of influence of anti-Russian sanctions on the economic system of the Northern Sea Route. Particular influence is given to the implementation of oil and gas projects in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, which are a source of both domestic and export cargo flows. The article shows that new challenges give rise to instability and instability in the functioning and development of socio-economic systems. At the same time, in addition to the negative impact of these challenges on the development and functioning of the Northern Sea Route, they provide new opportunities that can be used to create new growth points in the Arctic macroregion.