Moskvin L.B. Russia's Digital Future. Social and Humanitarian Knowledge, 2018, Issue 6, pp. 18-30. Moskvin L.B. Russia`s Digital Future. Social and Humanitarian Knowledge, 2018, Issue 6, pp. 18-30.ISSN 0869-8120РИНЦ: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=36534678Posted on site: 23.04.19AbstractIn the conditions when the growth of our country's GDP at the expense of traditional technologies in the near future may turn out to be significantly exhausted, there is an urgent need for a forced transition of the economy, the entire system of government, business, social spheres to a new development model. In this regard, the article shows that the digitalization processes carried out in the country bring not only undoubted benefits, but also are accompanied by a number of risks and certain negative consequences. And this cannot but cause serious concern of the authorities responsible for the further development of information and communication technologies of our entire society. In the conditions when the growth of our country's GDP at the expense of traditional technologies in the near future may turn out to be significantly exhausted, there is an urgent need for a forced transition of the economy, the entire system of government, business, social spheres to a new development model.In this regard, the article shows that the digitalization processes carried out in the country bring not only undoubted benefits, but also are accompanied by a number of risks and certain negative consequences. And this cannot but cause serious concern of the authorities responsible for the further development of information and communication technologies of our entire society.