Editing Economy of Uzbekistan (section)

==Controversy==
According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Vlast, and iStories, after February 24, 2022, Uzbekistan significantly increased its exports of cotton pulp and nitrocellulose, key components for making explosives and gunpowder, to Russia. According to Ekonomichna Pravda, at least two large Uzbek exporters have been working with Russian military-industrial complex enterprises. Documents from the Russian Federal Tax Service confirm that at least three Russian companies – Bina Group, Khimtrade, and Lenakhim - sold imported cotton pulp to military plants in Russia. Among them: Kazan Powder Plant (a strategic defense-industrial enterprise that produces gunpowder and charges for various types of weapons, subject to US sanctions), Tambov Powder Plant (a defense-industrial enterprise that produces ammunition and special chemicals, It is subject to US and Ukrainian sanctions), Perm Powder Plant (an enterprise involved in the production of Topol-M and Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as Kornet ATGMs and Grad and Smerch multiple rocket launchers.  It is under Ukrainian sanctions).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/central-asian-cotton-powers-russias-sanctioned-gunpowder-plants|title=Central Asian Cotton Powers Russia's Sanctioned Gunpowder Plants|first1=Metin|last1=Kazama|first2=Olga|last2=Loginova|first3=Maria|last3=Zholobova|website=OCCRP|access-date=2024-09-18|archive-date=2024-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918103758/https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/central-asian-cotton-powers-russias-sanctioned-gunpowder-plants|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2024/01/10/7436569/|title=White and fluffy death. How Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan help Russians produce gunpowder|website=Ukrainska Pravda|access-date=2024-01-15|archive-date=2024-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204111607/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2024/01/10/7436569/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c51d7n1ze92o|title= Порох, хлопок и принудительный труд. Кто поставляет сырье российским оружейным заводам?|date= 30 January 2024|access-date= 30 January 2024|archive-date= 30 January 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240130090913/https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c51d7n1ze92o|url-status= live}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>