Direct investments by Russian companies in Uzbekistan’s IT sector have tripled over the past two years, reaching $320 million. The number of Russian IT companies that have opened representative offices in the republic has grown to 47. This was announced by Kirill Petrov, Director General of the National Institute for Strategic Analysis and Economic Development. According to him, one of the promising areas of cooperation is industrial digitalization and the implementation of artificial intelligence.

By the end of 2025, the volume of trade in digital solutions and artificial intelligence technologies between the countries reached $210 million, increasing by 64%. An example of the implementation of such developments is the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex, where AI monitors the operation of three copper processing plants and analyzes data from more than 20,000 units of equipment. As part of the “Digital AGMK — 2030” strategy, over 70 projects have been implemented, and the “Digital Mine” system has made it possible to increase the service life of haul truck tires by 14%.

Additional opportunities for technological cooperation are created by the development of Uzbekistan’s energy sector: in the next five years, the republic intends to channel more than $4 billion into this sector. Russia remains the country’s second-largest trading partner, with a 16.6% share of foreign trade turnover. In 2025, trade turnover grew by 12.4%, and in the first seven months of 2026, by another 20% year-on-year. At the same time, more than 3,000 joint Russian-Uzbek enterprises operate in Uzbekistan.