Digital economics: current development and effects of coronavirus

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Agenda 1. Definition of digital economy 2. Digital economy and Russia 3. Coronavirus and ecological issues

Agenda

1. Definition of digital economy
2. Digital economy and Russia
3.

Coronavirus and ecological issues
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What is digital economy? The concept is pretty simple – it’s

What is digital economy?

The concept is pretty simple – it’s the

economy based on digital technologies(i.e computers, Internet, World Wide Web). Everything you buy on the Internet is the part of digital economy
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Digital economy in Russia Even though development of digital economy in

Digital economy in Russia

Even though development of digital economy in Russia

is assisted by government, the general situation is still bad. This infograph shows the key variables for digital economy to thrive, and as you can see, Russia struggles with all of these

*Infograph is taken from Yulia Kuvayeva’s paper “Digital economy: Concepts and Russia’s readiness to transition”

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Digital economy and coronavirus The battle of economic system against Covid-19

Digital economy and coronavirus

The battle of economic system against Covid-19 leads

to prevailance of digital economy, but it could have unexpected effects…
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Environmental impact of digital economy Digital economy doesn’t come from nowhere.

Environmental impact of digital economy

Digital economy doesn’t come from nowhere. It

uses computing power which requires a lot of energy. And where’s energy – there’s some pollution, since humanity didn’t get rid of thermo power plants, which are releasing a tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide. But it’s not the only source of contamination related to digital economy