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FSB seeks to drive Western intelligence out of blogosphere

April 3, 2012

In a new bid to put a lid on uncensored Internet exchanges, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the post-Soviet successor of the KGB, has called for a crackdown on the “detrimental activity” of Western intelligence services in cyberspace. Speaking last week in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at an interregional anti-terrorist panel of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), …

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Siberia on its way to create its own analog of Silicon Valley

March 29, 2012

One of Russia’s leading business monitors, RBC daily, pooled efforts earlier this month with the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy in putting together a ranking of Russia’s regional innovation activity for the first two months of this year. The four leaders in this ranking are the Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk …

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U.S. and Russia kick off new innovation working group in Silicon Valley

March 26, 2012

Washington DC – The Innovation Working Group of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission will hold its first meeting at the headquarters of Cisco, in San Jose, California, on March 27. Co-chaired by U.S. Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Robert Hormats and Russian Presidential Advisor Arkady Dvorkovich, the group will address cooperation on …

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Russia and Belarus shake hands on joint business accelerator and technopark

March 16, 2012

In a bid to step up innovation cooperation between Russia and neighboring Belarus, two government delegations met in Nizhny Novgorod on Wednesday to agree on the establishment of a Russian-Belarusian Business Accelerator and to further the finalization of a prospective inter-state technopark.

Innovation to gain momentum in Irkustk region

March 2, 2017

Irkutsk regional Vice President Viktor Nechayev made a series of announcement last week at the Baikal Economic Forum regarding the forthcoming development of innovative industries – including IT – in the region. Among the projects under consideration is a local venture fund with the participation of state-owned fund of funds the Russian Venture Company. Other …

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Russian official claims “Russia has no innovation market”

June 28, 2011

“Innovation driven development is problematic in Russia, as the country has no innovation market,” news agency ITAR-TASS reported President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industries Sergei Katyrin as saying. Katyrin made the statement on Sunday at a session of the Russian Economic Forum held in Strasbourg, France.

Multi-billion dollar investments, tech partnerships and easy visas announced at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

June 22, 2011

St. Petersburg – Shoring up the slow and difficult transition in the Russian economy from gas and oil to a more knowledge driven paradigm, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum held in the end of last week in Russia’s Northern capital was replete with innovation related declarations on a massive scale. Innovation was a central theme at the …

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St. Petersburg forum: Medvedev shows willingness but has “no illusions” on the pace of modernization

June 22, 2011

St. Petersburg – In addressing participants at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum last Friday, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s speech did not reveal any substantially new position regarding his government’s now established stance on modernization, but innovation was nevertheless put forward as the first and foremost theme in the President’s address. “Modernization is the only way to address …

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Tartarstan confirms momentum on Russian Internet scene

June 15, 2011

During a visit to Kazan yesterday, Google Russia representative Vladimir Dolgov praised Tatarstan for its Internet penetration rates, which stand among the highest in Russia. Having noticed the large quantity of schools with Internet connections and local WIFI hotspots, Dolgov said that Tatarstan “has all the necessary foundations for further development of Internet and online …

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