The Legal Regime of Digital Platforms at the National Level (on the Example of the Russian Federation)

The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyze the legal regime of digital platforms that has currently developed in Russia. The study proceeded from the hypothesis that the content of the legal regime of digital platforms is influenced by their essential characteristics and is built at different levels. In this regard, the essential characteristics of digital platforms, as well as levels of legal regulation, have been identified. In addition, the author distinguishes the positive and negative impact of digital platforms on the economy and gives some data on the use of digital platforms for urban management. The main part of the study is an analysis of the legal regime of digital platforms, built at the national level on the example of the Russian Federation. When analyzing the legal regime, interpreting the rules of law governing digital platforms, the essential characteristics of digital platforms are used. The choice of laws is determined by the main types of relations emerging on a digital platform. These relationships are highlighted by the author. The author determines that the digital platform is a multidimensional concept, highlights certain aspects of understanding of a digital platform and various aspects of its economic understanding, identifies the levels of legal regulation of digital platforms, the main relations subject to legal regulation, and the main problems requiring a legal solution. The author carries out own legal analysis of the key federal laws that determine the legal regime of digital platforms at the Russian national level and makes a number of specific conclusions on the results of such an analysis.