Almost 70 thousand Russians have opened accounts in Uzbekistan since the beginning of the year

Since the beginning of 2022, 67,000 Russian citizens have opened bank accounts in Uzbekistan. This was announced by the Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan Mamarizo Nurmuratov during a briefing. According to him, about half of them remain and work on the territory of Uzbekistan.

Commenting on the practice of converting rubles into dollars by Russians in Uzbekistan, Mr. Nurmuratov said that such cases are “under the control” of the Central Bank of the country.

Earlier, Mamarizo Nurmuratov reported that the demand of non-residents for cards of banks in Uzbekistan remains high, despite the introduction of restrictions for foreigners in September. According to the new rules, in order to open an account and cards in banks, foreigners need to stay in the country for more than 15 days, work in the state or be a student.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, 318,156 Russians entered the country from January to September. Of these, 210,902 are men.

From July 1 to October 10, the volume of balances on deposits and current accounts of Russians in banks of Kazakhstan made up about 88.1 billion rubles. In July, about 45.1 billion rubles deposited by foreign citizens were kept in banks. For three months, Russian citizens brought 40 billion rubles to the banks of Kazakhstan.

Lusine Balasyan