Regional Features and Problems of Digital Transformation of Production in Russia

Abstract

The article considers regional and industry-specific features of digital transfor-mation of production in modern Russia. It shows trends in increasing inter-industry and interregional gaps in the level of innovative development, which are caused by the specifics of industries and differentiation of regions by the level of state support. In particular, the digital transformation of agriculture is significantly lagging behind other industries. The existing trends lead to the accelerated devel-opment of infrastructure and living standards of the population of individual re-gions, while the development of most other regions lags behind. Lagging regions become less attractive for people to live in, and there is a negative migration of the population towards the territories of advanced development. The main rea-sons causing different levels of digital transformation of production are shown, among which the most important are the historical features of territorial devel-opment and industry specifics of production. Each industry has specific areas of digital transformation and technologies that ensure effective development of production. Measures are proposed to equalize territorial development based on deepening the digitalization of production as the main factor in increasing its effi-ciency and, as a result, increasing the socio-economic level of development of the region.