Analysis of Mechanisms for Overcoming International Economic Sanctions in the Digital Economy

   Relevance. Currently, there are quite a few instruments of influence on states in the field of international politics and international relations. The most effective means are economic sanctions that are applied against states pursuing a policy that is not always convenient for industrialized states, primarily for the United States and the European Union. In the modern world, the Russian Federation acts as a sovereign and independent subject of international law, against which economic sanctions are quite actively applied. It is important to conduct a comparative study of the legal mechanisms for counteracting the applied economic sanctions
   Purpose. The presented article is devoted to the study of existing mechanisms for countering economic sanctions by the Russian Federation.
   Objectives. To achieve the goal of the study, the authors set the following tasks: to study the legal framework of sanctions against the Russian Federation; to analyze the existing mechanisms for overcoming international economic sanctions in the digital economy; develop recommendations for countering sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation.
   Methodology. The study applied the methodology of system analysis, comparative and legal research.
   Results: the legal base of sanctions directed against the Russian Federation was studied; an analysis of the existing mechanisms for overcoming international economic sanctions in the digital economy was carried out; recommendations have been developed to counter sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation.
   Conclusions. The legal mechanism for combating sanctions is characterized by professionalism, technology and complexity, and it is important to establish prohibitions and restrictions at the level of domestic legislation, using the substantive legal method of regulating civil law relations with the participation of a foreign element.

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