THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL AND RUSSIAN E-COMMERCE

The intensive development of digital technologies and access to the Internet has transformed the principles of organizing economic relations in the sphere of trade in goods and services. E-Commerce has become one of the most dynamically developing areas in the economy of many countries, but unforeseen circumstances, such as the Covid-2019 pandemic, can probably significantly change the situation with the development of the e-Commerce sector, give the necessary impetus to increase Internet activity and turn the e-Commerce sector into a driver of economic growth in Russia.The article demonstrates the changes that have occurred in the dynamics and structure of international online commerce, describes how the customs preferences have changed under the influence of the pandemic. An adjustment of the estimates of the prospects for the development of global and Russian e-commerce is given