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3D printing for cheap: New wax-based technology developed by Siberian scientists

Krasnoyarsk scientists at the Reshetnev Siberian State Aerospace University (SibSAU) have developed a new method of using wax in 3D printing. Products for metallurgy can now be made from ordinary candle grade paraffin. “Unlike classical technology that requires fairly costly materials such as silicone or ceramics, this technology enables the use of cheap expendables, for …

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Siberian startup launches auction-based hotel booking platform

A resident of the KRITBI innovation business incubator in Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, has come up with a new IT project called “TourBazaar,” which enables users to book Russian hotels, tourist and recreation centers online. TourBazaar’s developers have demonstrated a fairly unorthodox approach to organizing a service in this highly competitive market segment. For example, TourBazaar collects …

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Russian bank and regional authorities team up to support Siberian innovators

Innovative entrepreneurs in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region can now receive financial support from MSB, a new venture fund opened by Promsvyazbank, a major Russian bank, according to the Krasnoyarsk regional authorities. The region and the bank reached an agreement on project funding in late July during the TIM Biryusa interregional educational forum for innovative youth held …

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$100 million technopark mapped out in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

Authorities in the Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia have unveiled plans to build a 3 billion ruble (approximately $100 million) hi-tech industrial park in the region, the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported, citing a source in the regional Ministry of Investment and Innovation. According to the source, more than two thirds of the total amount is …

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Siberian local review service Flamp.ru now serves Moscow

Flamp.ru, a consumer review website that appeared one year ago in the Siberian cities Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk, followed by a launch in Ekaterinburg in the Urals, announced last week it now covers the Russian capital. Not only do Flamp.ru users review local businesses like cafés, museums and theaters, they can also post comments about banks, …

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

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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Krasnoyarsk region aims to “link government, science and business” in new innovation system

Lev Kuznetsov, governor of the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, approved an innovation development strategy last week slated to run to 2020. “Reaching agreement between government, science and business on this issue is of utmost importance. The system we are building has to address two existing weaknesses in Russian innovation: insufficient coordination as well as weak …

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Rostelecom connects Siberian cities to e-government

National telecom operator Rostelecom and Irkutsk city authorities signed an agreement last week for the deployment of Rostelecom’s e-government solutions in the city, TASS-Telecom reported citing company sources. Similar agreements have been signed earlier with municipal authorities in Siberian cities of Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk and Omsk.

Krasnoyarsk industrial park to be completed in 2015

Construction of the long-planned industrial park in Krasnoyarsk is now scheduled to begin in 2012, according to Deputy Minister of the Economy and Regional Development Vladimir Osipenko. The project has already received private investment. The government expects that the park should be fully operational by 2015.

Regional operator Norilsk Telecom for sale

Norilsk Telecom (NT), one of the largest fixed-line and broadband operators in the Krasnoyarsk region, is up for sale again. The company’s only shareholder, investment bank KIT Finance, hopes to sell the asset before the year’s end. A few potential buyers have emerged.

MTS to invest $41 million in Krasnoyarsk region in 2011-2013

MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has announced plans to invest $41 million in its projects in the Krasnoyarsk region in 2011-2013. Under plans, the funds are to be spent on construction of 3G network, satellite channels and other projects.

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