The development of the digital economy is the main topic of the parliamentary hearings that will be held on February 20 at the initiative of the speaker of the lower house of Vyacheslav Volodin. This is reported on the official website of the State Duma. Deputies together with the members of the Federation Council, heads of relevant ministries and leading experts in the field of digital technologies will discuss issues of electronic interaction between business and the state, identification technologies, cyber security and antimonopoly regulation. In the zone of close attention - the improvement of legislation in this area. In particular, at the hearings, parliamentarians will clarify the concept of "professional secrecy" and fix the procedure for disclosing data on the equipment used. In addition, the agenda is to optimize the procedure for the introduction of software solutions for the medical industry, more so for mobile applications. However, according to Sergei Zhigarev, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovation Development and Entrepreneurship, the main topic will be cyber-currency. He noted that any connection with it is an absolutely speculative history and confirmation of the theory of extra money. "But the fact that the government's monopoly on the issue of its payment currencies is violated must be recognized. Large corporations have their own cyber-currency. Russia should not remain aloof, since such a means of payment will help us overcome the negative aspects associated with sanctions. This is a direct investment, and the creation of alternative payment systems, and a different level of interaction with the client, "Zhigarev concluded, adding that another central theme of the hearings will be the development of robotics.

He proposed to create in Russia a corresponding Federal Agency. As an example, the United States, the EU countries, South Korea and Japan with China, where similar structures are already working. However, as the deputy noted, and we have started the ice. Bills on mining, artificial intelligence, robotics and test zones are being drafted now. Perhaps they will be brought to the State Duma at the spring session.

We will add, the forthcoming parliamentary hearings will be the result of the first year of the Council on Digital Economy, created under the speaker of the Chamber, Vyacheslav Volodin. Earlier, he called the issues of legislative support of the digital economy priority. "In this area, it is important to create conditions for the implementation of ideas and projects so that we can produce and, for our part, export high-tech products, IT technologies," said Volodin.

The politician noted that the era of electronic document circulation is coming, where personal files and labor books will be virtual.