Digital Technologies in Education in Russia: Problems and Prospects in the Context of Unequal Digitalization

This article is devoted to e-education in the Russian Federation, problems and prospects of its development. The study evaluates the contemporary landscape pertaining to the digitalization of education across Russia. Based on the model built using correlation and regression analysis, further growth of this sphere is predicted. Among the problems for the digital education market in Russia, significant concern is the disparity in digital access across various regions. The digitalization of Russia's federal districts was analyzed using the sum of places method. The application of this method allowed us to identify regions that need to implement government programs to overcome the digital divide at different levels to further improve the level of regional development. The leading regions in terms of digital endowment and competencies were the Southern and Urals Federal Districts, while the North Caucasus Federal District was the region in need of increasing the level of digitalization, both in terms of infrastructure and increasing the digital literacy of the population.