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The article examines the drivers of economic growth in a difficult epidemiological situation. The problems of economic activity during this period are identified. It was revealed that cloud technologies, digital platforms and blockchain technologies can act as the main drivers of the growth of the pandemic economy. A comparative analysis of the level of development of digitalization processes in the Russian economy in comparison with other countries is presented. The main problems and threats to the development of the digitalization process in Russia are noted. It has been established that the digital economy in Russia is in its infancy – the main direction is the acquisition of equipment (computer and communication technology). Despite the measures taken by the state to launch digitalization processes in the domestic economy, Russian companies lag far behind foreign competitors in terms of the degree of implementation and use of digital technologies in their activities. In the current situation, it is necessary to continue state support for such areas as import substitution, the export of domestic digital products, and the creation of equal operating conditions for all IT companies.

The article considers the geostrategic territories of the Russian Far East and the Arctic. The paper emphasizes the need to ensure the accelerated socio-economic development of these territories in order to preserve and strengthen the positions of Russia as an energy and mineral-raw superpower. In the course of analyzing the demographic situation, the authors identified the main reasons for the migration movement of the population, and also assessed the impact of the demographic situation on the socio-economic development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic. The study established that the attraction of labor resources to the extractive industry would quickly increase the gross regional product from the use of the existing resource and energy base of the macro region. The use of the natural resource potential of the Far East and the Arctic will strengthen the status of Russia in the international arena as an energy and mineral-raw superpower.

Construction of the Cobb – Douglas production function taking into account the factor “innovations and information” (on the example of the economy of the Amur region) has been considered. The adequacy of the obtained production function to the initial data has been checked using Fisher`s criterion. An analysis of the constructed production function using the indicators of average and marginal resource efficiency, elasticity of output, depending on resource consumption has been carried out. It has been revealed, that labor is the most stable factor during the study period. In the Amur Region in 2000-2017 labor-saving (intensive) gross regional product growth is observed. However, this indicator increased more slowly than factors, that is, the average costs calculated per 1 unit of output are growing and there is a diminishing effect on the scale of production.