Electronic interaction and digital technologies in corporate governance of a joint stock company in Russia

The article is devoted to key issues in the development of legal regulation of electronic forms of interaction between participants in corporate relations in Russia. The author consistently examines the development of legislation and the practice of its application since the mid-1990 s. until now. The impact of the emergency legislation created to counter the spread of coronavirus infection in 2020 is separately considered. The author analyzes in detail the materials of the Bank of Russia, various political attitudes. For the first time in special literature, the correlation of the development of electronic forms of interaction in private and public relations is shown. The main current legislative initiatives are considered. The purpose of the study is to formulate the main directions of the development of legal regulation, based on the analysis of the experience of the development of legislation, including regulating public relations. To implement this, the first part of the study (introduction) shows the traditional approach to corporate actions, evaluates its pros and cons; then the second part of the study shows the first attempts in the 2000 s. include elements of electronic interaction in regulations; then (in the third part) a radical change in the legislator’s approaches to regulation in 2010 is shown, estimates are given of the state of regulation for the period from late 2019 to early 2020 (before the start of the coronavirus pandemic); in the fourth part of the assessment of current draft laws, as well as the author’s proposals in terms of directions of regulation are formulated. Based on the results of the work done, the main conclusion was made about the need to expand the use of electronic forms of interaction for all legal entities, as well as the correlation of private law and public law regulation.