Only 7.4% of Russian companies involved in innovation cooperated with universities in 2025, and 8.5% with scientific organizations. Such data among large and medium-sized enterprises is provided by the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University in a collection prepared jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science and Rostat. More often, high-tech industries turn to joint developments - manufacturers of drugs, computers, electronics, aircraft and spacecraft. Large corporations have already developed their own scientific networks. Gazprom Neft cooperates with 49 universities and has opened 28 research and education centers and laboratories in universities. Yandex, together with the Higher School of Economics and Moscow State University, is developing open AI technologies. Such interaction has not yet become a mass practice. The commercial return from research is not always clear to businesses, explains RANEPA expert Olga Armachenko. Read exclusive material in full by subscribing to Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS app | android.