Information and Communication Technologies in Russia: Problems and Perspectives

The paper deals with research of problems and perspectives of communication and information technologies in Russia. We made the analysis of scientific publications which determine the role of communication and information technologies in social and economic development which allows us to reveal several approaches that differ in the field of application used by the structural unit of the national economy and the point of view on the totality of communication and information technologies’ components. In our opinion the mass appearance of information products and services contributed to the formation of the information market, which has its own characteristics, problems and development trends, but undoubtedly has a significant and constantly growing impact on the general economic situation in Russia. We made the conclusion that the development of the communication and information technologies sector, significantly advancing in recent years, the development of the economy as a whole is affected by the general economic situation in Russia.