Ensuring economic sovereignty Russian Federation in the context of digital transformation

Relevance. Digitalization has a significant impact on economic and social processes, which is associated, on the one hand, with the development of new technologies and their promotion, and on the other hand, with changing requirements for modern specialists. Projects of technological and digital leadership are becoming a priority of state economic policy, and the country’s economic sovereignty largely depends on the effectiveness of their implementation. In this regard, research aimed at comprehensively assessing the impact of digitalization and artificial intelligence technologies on ensuring economic sovereignty is becoming increasingly popular in the scientific community. The purpose of the article is to study the features of ensuring economic sovereignty in modern conditions, as well as to reveal the impact of digitalization and artificial intelligence technologies on it.

Objectives: to examine the features of ensuring economic sovereignty in the context of digital transformation, to identify the components of economic sovereignty, to study the indicators characterizing these components.

Methodology. To achieve the set goal, the study uses methods of system analysis and synthesis, as well as bibliographic analysis. The information base of the research includes works of domestic and foreign scientists devoted to issues of economic sovereignty and technological independence, regulatory framework at the federal and regional levels, materials from scientific journals and conferences.

Results. The article reveals the components of economic sovereignty most closely related to digitalization issues, examines the main regulatory acts containing methodology for calculating indicators characterizing these components, and presents data on Russia’s position in digital development rankings.

Conclusions. Based on the analysis conducted, the components of economic sovereignty related to digital transformation have been identified, and the main indicators characterizing them have been highlighted.

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