Law as the basis of infrastructure supportofthe digital economyand technology of the internet of things

The introductory article of the editor-in-chief traditionally serves as a prologue to the theme of the next issue of the journal, which in this issue is designated as “The Legal Regulation of the Digital Economy in the Russian Federation: Difficulties and Prospects of the Sectoral Development”. The author substantiates the relevance of the chosen topic and connects it, first of all, with the comprehensive processes of socio-economic transformation of the Russian state, its innovative development, informatization of society, digitalization of the national economy and electronics, both domestic and cross-border relations of business structures and each individual. It is noted that the transition to the electronic economy requires the systematic and purposeful rethinking of the models of existing social relations in various spheres of social life - economic, political, cultural and others, in order to form the legal regulation system that adequately reflects the changed conditions of civil circulation when using information and communication technologies. The theoretical and practical problems of the digital economy development as well as the factors which predetermined them are listed. The main socio-economic transformations, the development of which is due to the digital transformation of society and which influenced the choice of the research presented in the main theme of the issue in the light of the identified priorities of the legal support of the studied processes, are called. A brief review of the scientific papers under the heading “the main theme of the issue” is made; the reader’s attention is focused on the main results obtained by the authors.