Introduction. One of the key professional competencies of a teacher of Russian as a foreign language is information and communication. From this point of view, it seems significant to study the ways of its formation. Along with academic disciplines, the task of which is to directly involve students in digital pedagogy, philological and methodological disciplines play a huge role in improving the IT culture of the future teacher, allowing students to get acquainted with the methodology of using information and communication technologies in practice. The experience gained can be broadcast by them in their own professional activities. Materials and Methods. In the course of the study, theoretical and empirical research methods were used: analysis, synthesis, generalization, scientific theorization. The key concepts used in the work are «digital pedagogy», «end-to-end technologies», «mobile learning», «information and communication competence». Results. The information and communication competence of a teacher of Russian as a foreign language is understood as a set of systemic scientific knowledge, skills and abilities, which are based on the development of information and communication and end-to-end technologies tools, and the ability to apply them in their professional and pedagogical activities. Philological disciplines of educational programs in the direction of training "Pedagogical education" at the bachelor's and master's level at the Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University (44. 03. 01 "Russian as a foreign language" and 44. 04. 01 "Teaching Russian as a foreign language") contribute to the formation of the ability to work with big data technologies, AR and VR reality, artificial intelligence, wireless and mobile technologies. The result of the formation of professional skills in the use of digital pedagogy technologies was the successfully defended graduation theses of bachelors and masters, presentations at conferences of various levels. Discussion and Conclusions. A teacher of Russian as a foreign language should have information and communication competence, which will allow organizing the learning process using end-to-end technologies, making it student-oriented, mobile. The disciplines of the philological cycle, in which the digital space is also an object of study, will allow students to form an idea of its linguodidactic potential and will provide an opportunity for the creative transformation of the acquired knowledge in their professional activities.