The National Centre RUSSIA to host the Platform Economy Day on November 11

Digital platforms and ecosystems belonging to them have become a new effective tool of the global economy today, going far beyond the role of an intermediary for an unlimited number of dialogue participants.

Speaking at the SPIEF 2025 plenary session, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin noted that the transition to a new technological order is based on digital platforms, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems capable of making decisions even without human intervention.

"Unlike most countries that depend on global platforms, Russia has good examples of its own successful electronic platforms. This is a real, significant achievement of the domestic business, which, of course, we can be proud of. We are going to keep on providing conditions under which Russian digital platforms will develop and compete with international giants," he said.

Speaking at SPIEF 2025, Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia, said: "Digital platforms, unlike traditional businesses, do not increase internal transaction costs in parallel with business scaling. With them, the state of affairs is exactly the opposite. The larger the platform, the more efficient it is. In this sense, platforms go as a new planned economy, but they are led not by human institutions, but by algorithms."

During the Platform Economy Day, experts will consider the potential of the digital platforms and their role in ensuring sustainable growth and improving business conditions, such as: opportunities to enter new markets, scaling sales, and relevant tools to support regional brands.

The attendees will also discuss the importance of integrating platform solutions into the public procurement process. This will reduce transaction costs, simplify logistics, shorten delivery times, facilitate access to suppliers, eliminate intermediaries, and increase competition.

The digital platforms and ecosystems belonging to them are becoming both an integral part of citizens' daily lives, and an important tool for the socio-economic development of the country. Experts will talk about how new digital ecosystems help improve the quality of human life, stimulate business activity, create new jobs, and strengthen the ties among business, government, and society.

In addition, there will be discussed approaches to the new national model of trading activity in the context of the platform economy development. This model is being worked out on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation. The issues of eliminating the imbalance existing in the conditions of simultaneous functioning of both the traditional format of stores and online commerce, via the transition to platform technologies and ecosystems, will also be addressed.

The highlight of the Platform Economy Day will be the signing of the Good Practices Memorandum for Digital Platforms by representatives of Russia's largest digital platforms. The document is intended to enshrine the voluntary commitment to early fulfilling certain requirements of the Federal Law "On Certain Aspects of Regulating the Platform Economy in the Russian Federation", as well as additional obligations. In particular, it will help support Russian manufacturers and develop communication with partners and consumers, support anti-fraud mechanisms, personal data protection, and the fight against counterfeit products.

An expert session of the Open Dialogue "The Future of the World. A New Platform for Global Growth" will also be held there.  At the session, the experts from India, China, Brazil, Rwanda, Russia and other countries of the world will discuss how platform models increase the efficiency of interaction, change the structure of the economy, increase productivity, and stimulate innovation.

The programme of the Day will conclude with a meeting of the interdepartmental working group dealing with the development of digital economy ecosystems and digital platforms, established by Presidential Decree No. 325-rp, dated 14 October 2024. The working group will address issues of economic platformisation, as well as a number of other questions.

The organisers of the Platform Economy Day are the the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the National Centre RUSSIA, and the Corporation VEB.RF.