Second IT park, new IT village in Tatarstan

East-West Digital News 26 Mar 2012 Russia’s second fastest-growing regional innovation economy in 2011 according to business monitor RBC Daily, is stepping up efforts to assert itself as one of the country’s most business-friendly ecosystems. Less than three years...

Skolkovo Might Host G8 2014 Summit

Moscow Times 1 Mar 2012 Skolkovo innovation city might be chosen as the venue for the G8 summit to be held in Russia in 2014, a Skolkovo Foundation official said Tuesday. “We’ve heard that there’s such an option,” the foundation’s chief...

Expert: Russia needs startups to drive innovation

Russia Today, 09 February, 2012 International experts say Russia has to do more to create a ‘start-up’ friendly business climate. They are gathered in Moscow for the Forum Week of Business, and suggest boosting investment in innovative companies will help. “You need a...