Russian Businesses Turn to Chinese AI Models as Demand Surges
Cheaper Chinese models are gaining traction as Russian cloud providers report sharp 2026 usage increases and firms keep sensitive data on domestic systems.
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Demand for Chinese AI models surged in Russia. They’re cheaper and easier to pay for.
Clients of Russia’s major business-focused cloud platforms sharply increased their use of Chinese large language models in 2026, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing market participants.
The strengthening of Chinese models is taking place at a time when Russian developers are trying to form their own markets for sovereign AI.
Russian Businesses Turn to Chinese AI Models as Demand Surges
Russian businesses are rapidly increasing their use of Chinese artificial intelligence models, drawn by their lower cost and ability to run on domestic infrastructure as Moscow seeks to develop a homegrown “sovereign AI” industry, the Kommersant newspaper reported Thursday.
More and more Russian companies are starting to use Chinese artificial intelligence models - as Moscow seeks to create its own "sovereign artificial intelligence" industry, they are attracted by the lower price and the possibility of using them in local infrastructure, the Kommersant daily reported on Thursday, an article cited by the news portal The Moscow Times.
The Ministry, FSB and the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control are developing a procedure for the conformity of IE models with "intellectual and moral values." This is being written by Vedomis with reference to sources. On 26 July, Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Act "On Support for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Russian Federation." He introduced a mandatory test of the conformity of large neuronets…
The Russian IT companies, with the approval of the Ministry of Information, will be able to submit to an independent testing laboratory an assessment of the conformity of IE models with the law and traditional spiritual and moral values, a report from sources in one of the participating companies, a specialized IT association, and confirmed the interviewer in the Ministry of Statistics.
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