let's discuss these prospects with bakhtiyor ergashev, director of the center for research initiativesano. how do you think the relations between russia and uzbekistan have evolved in recent years, especially given the difficult foreign policy environment and the economic restrictions of western countries. well, let's do it. if we talk about statistics, we see that trade turnover between russia is growing, we have already come very close to the 10 billion mark. more figures, the number of uzbek-russian joint ventures operating in uzbekistan, it exceeds 3,000 companies, firms, and for this reason indicator, the russians are the undisputed leaders in uzbekistan, yes, by the number. joint ventures operating in uzbekistan, these are operating enterprises of the most diverse profiles, about the level of political interaction cooperation, well, you can judge by how breakthrough the state visit of the president of russia to uzbekistan turned out to be, the decisions that were made, just the other day the visit of the prime minister of russia mikhail mishustin to uzbekistan, it became a logica