A delegation from the United Arab Emirates visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Thursday to discuss cooperation in areas including food technology. L-R: Skolkovo's Arkady Dvorkovich, Mariam Al Mehairi and Skolkovo Ventures' Vasily Belov. Photo...
A large part of the Skolkovo innovations ecosystem is preparing to head north to Russia’s second city this week for the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ( SPIEF ), which takes place on May 24-26. Skolkovo startups and foundation...
When the Kursk region-based agricultural enterprise Agrofirma Rylskaya noticed that the costs of their sugar beet production were constantly rising, with no corresponding increase in yield, they turned to an innovative tech startup. Roboprob , a resident startup...
Two of the top three prizes in a reality TV show that followed the fortunes of Russian tech startups went to residents of the Skolkovo Foundation. Vitaly Savelyev, commercial director of KB Avrora, receiving first prize for the Agrobot project. Photo...
The Golden Autumn agricultural trade fair is to a large extent a celebration of Russian traditions. Individual regions of Russia present their local produce on their own stand, often accompanied by people dressed in folk costumes who sing, dance or play traditional...
When pinpointing a region’s innovative potential, it may not seem entirely logical to look to a seaweed-processing plant preparing to celebrate its centenary. But Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk region is putting its hopes for its economic future...
Just four months after Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia’s biggest meat producers, signed an agreement with the Skolkovo Technopark to set up an agrotech accelerator there, the company has already identified a potential unicorn among Skolkovo startups....
There was a distinct feeling of déjà vu at the second InSpace forum held in Moscow on Friday, where one year after the original event , the main players in Russia’s space industry pondered the same existential questions that had dominated...
Japan’s Panasonic Corporation may be primarily associated in the public mind with consumer electronics, but in some parts of the world, it is selling a very different kind of product: vegetables. Panasonic has branched out to grow lettuce and other...
Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest lake, is in danger. For several years now, the water near the shores of the vast Siberian lake has been turning green with algae, and satellite images reveal that that is only a small part of a much bigger problem...
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates proclaimed. Almost 2,500 years later, biologists and geneticists around the world have come to the conclusion that he was right. With antibiotics in...
Russia and Israel look set to join forces to improve efficiency on Russian farms after Israel’s agriculture minister visited the Skolkovo Foundation last week, where it was agreed that a working group should be set up to facilitate joint research and...
Skolkovo has begun accepting applications from startup companies in the agriculture business and expects its first residents by the end of the year, opening up new avenues of research that experts say are of critical importance for biotech in Russian and beyond...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...