LEGAL REGULATION OF DIGITAL ECONOMY IN RUSSIA IN LIGHT OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND RESTRICTIVE MEUSURES
In this article, the author presents a study of the changes in legal regulation of the digital economy caused by the imposition of economic sanctions by the foreign states as well as the Russian Federation. The paper analyzes the restrictive measures imposed in the USA against Russian persons in the field of digital technology. The author concludes that the economic sanctions of foreign countries limit the ability to conduct foreign economic operations in the digital sphere both by Russian persons to foreign persons and vise versa. An analysis of the Russian legal framework for the imposition of restrictive measures and the latest legislative amendments, in particular with regards to the preinstallation requirement of the Russian software, showed that currently the measures introduced in Russia are aimed not at reducing the effect of foreign sanctions, but at developing a national market of digital technologies and decreasing the dependability level ofthe Russian economy on exported technologies in general. The author also highlights that it is necessary to assess the consequences of imposing prohibitions in the field of digital technologies and to consider introduction of more flexible measures of legal regulation upon the results of such assessment.