The subject of this research is the economic relations concerning the development of the model of inclusive development of the region based on transformations implemented in the field of digitalization of economic relations. The object of this research is the regions of the Volga Federal District. The authors dwell on the aspects and peculiarities of formalized assessment of the inclusive model of economic growth in the regions, taking into consideration the built integral indexes of digitalization of their socioeconomic systems, as well as aim to build integral indexes that characterize the key vectors and development trends of the analyzed categories with subsequent construction of models that assess the degree of their interrelation. Special attention is given to questions of comparative analysis of the regions of the Volga Federal District in accordance with the determined parameters and peculiarities of the developed model of inclusive economic growth. The main conclusions lie in the provisions, according to which regions with the higher level of inclusive development demonstrate better indicators of socioeconomic development. The authors’ special contribution consists in the construction of time series that assess the quantitative and qualitative parameters of digital transformation of the regions and the degree of development of their models of inclusive growth, which allows acquiring new results that would reveal the peculiarities and prospects of regional development in the new economic conditions. The author not only determined the degree of impact of digital transformation processes upon the prospects for the transition of the regional socioeconomic systems to a new, inclusive type of development, but also to formed the basis for further expansion of the approaches used in economic theory for studying the economic dynamics.

The subject of the study is the parameters and key features of the structure and volume of imports of the Russian Federation. The authors consider in detail the key aspects and trends of the import of foreign products of final and intermediate consumption in the Russian Federation, highlight the risks and threats to the sustainable development of the Russian economy in the context of ongoing systemic transformations caused by the sanctions confrontation that escalated in 2022. The logic and tools of the implemented empirical assessments are based on a theoretical and methodological analysis of determining the strategic guidelines for the formation of foreign trade and the tools produced to assess its effectiveness, and also relies on the approach proposed by the authors to determine the priorities of import substitution policy, taking into account the "severity" of the problem and prospects for economic development. The main conclusion of the study is the need to intensify import substitution processes in the most vulnerable areas of supplies of goods and components to the Russian Federation (machinery, equipment and equipment, chemical industry products, metals and products made of them, plastics, rubber and rubber) from the so-called unfriendly countries (Western European states, USA and Japan, etc.) Given that they account for about 28.5% of imports to Russia, restrictions on further supplies of goods from these countries pose serious risks to the sustainable socio-economic development of the Russian Federation in the short term. The novelty and theoretical significance of the study lies in the proposed concept of choosing an import substitution policy depending on the degree of vulnerability of individual industries to localization of import supplies, as well as depending on the scale of the risks of sustainable development of the national economy.

Digital transformation breaks the settled models of functioning of economic entities and forms basis of perspective competitive development of economic systems in the current and future conditions of the global social and economic environment. The markets which are most actively adapting to new conditions of digital revolution form basis of sustainable development for the long decades ahead. In this regard monitoring and assessment of level and quality of digitalization of the socioeconomic environment characterizes the potential of their sustainable and competitive development within world economy into the development waterway corresponding to the sixth technology way. The algorithm of measurement of the development level of substantial elements of digital economy in regions of the Russian Federation is suggested in this research. The distinctive aspect giving uniqueness to the developed algorithm is orientation of the developed instruments to a research of five main directions of digitalization determined by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of 28.07.2017 (No. 1632-r): "standard regulation", "personnel for digital economy", "forming of research competences and technology reserves", "information infrastructure", "information security". By results of a research the principal components characterizing qualitative and quantitative parameters of efficiency of program implementation "Digital economy of the Russian Federation" in the regions of Russia are revealed, the interrelation the defining efficiency of development of digital economy of the region from the level of its economic development is established.