Abstract
The article presents the author's methodology for assessing the digital potential of the economy of the regions of Russia, which is based on the relationship of the “price” indicators of the 1% annual increase in the Russian regional index of digital quality of life of the population and investments in information and communication technologies per capita, identified as a result of regression analysis. The results of the approbation of the developed methodology for assessing the digital potential of Russian regions and the risks associated with its implementation are presented.