Legal framework for digital economy implementation in the Russian Federation

This article is about the basic laws and regulations that underlie the nascent digital economy in the Russian Federation. It is noted that despite the fact that the implementation of the digital economy began relatively recently, in 2017, at present there are two stages that can be distinguished in the legal and regulatory framework. The first stage is 2017-2019, in a form of a program adopted and approved by the Executive Order of the Government of the Russian Federation; the second stage is from 2019 till present as one of the 12 national programs that were set out in the Presidential Decree in 2018. The article gives a presentation of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the national digital economy program of the Russian Federation, which include: the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the ANO (Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization) Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. The sources for the financing of this national program are examined: they are the federal budget (inter-budget transfers and consolidated budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation) and extrabudgetary resources, the volume of funding is also provided, both for the program as a whole and for six federal projects for the period from 2019 to 2024.

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