The study by the Expert RA rating agency predicts that by the end of 2020, the decline in the Russian economy will amount to 3.8% of GDP, next year growth of 3.5% of GDP can be expected.

The article in the framework of the national project «Digital Economy» analyzes the development trends and features of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Russia. The advantages of this sphere of economic activity in comparison with the use of other «breakthrough» technologies are considered. Attention is focused on the features of the third wave of business process transformation associated with adaptive business processes, which allow, using AI, to radically transform a business by processing big data in real time instead of performing a predetermined sequence of steps.

By the end of 2017, the confidence of Russian respondents in the global economy growth had increased. At the same time, expectations of the domestic economy have become much more conservative. This survey presents the positions of Russian business regarding some areas.