The article aims to analyze the prospects of digitalization of the Russian economy. Despite the adoption of the state Program "Digital economy of the Russian Federation" and the active work of the government in this direction, the introduction of digital technologies is not fast enough. According to the authors, the main reasons for this situation are: underdeveloped ecosystem, lack of personnel and financial resources, conservative thinking. The success of digitalization is possible with the active state support of this process in such areas as: the creation of infrastructure, training and development of digital culture, cybersecurity, promotion and financing of new national IT -products, cross-border cooperation in the field of digital technologies.