Ensuring the Economic Security of the Region in a Pandemic Crisis: Evidence of the Advantages of Digital Technologies

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic is due to the entry of Russian regions into the space of a pandemic crisis, a decrease in their level of economic security and the need to develop tools to improve it. The purpose of the study is to study the features of the current pandemic crisis and its impact on the development of Russian regions, as well as the search for digital technologies to ensure their economic security.The objectives of the study are to identify the characteristic features of the pandemic crisis and to determine the Russian regional specifics of its manifestation, systematize threats to economic security for the regional economy arising in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to substantiate the advantages of digital technologies for leveling threats to economic security during the pandemic crisis. The authors used the analysis of scientific literature and the method of comparative analysis to compare the socio-economic dynamics of Russian regions.Metodology. The method of systematization was used to study the threats to the economic security of the region during the pandemic crisis. To reveal the features of the impact of the pandemic on the economic security of Russian regions, the authors implemented a method of economic and statistical analysis.Results. The article highlights the characteristic features of the pandemic crisis, reveals the Russian regional specifics of its manifestation. The authors attempt to systematize the threats to economic security for the regional economy arising in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The threats of epidemiological, economic, social and technological nature are highlighted. The analysis of the indicators of the socio-economic situation of the regions of Russia, reflecting the current trends of territorial development, is carried out.Conclusions. The analysis allowed the authors to conclude that the level of economic security of the regions of Russia has decreased during the pandemic crisis. The identified advantages of digital technologies allowed the authors to substantiate the expediency of their using as the basis of implemented measures to level threats to the economic security of Russian regions in the context of the pandemic crisis.