Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, at whose initiative the Skolkovo innovation city outside Moscow was founded in 2010, praised the project’s evolution at a meeting of the Skolkovo Foundation’s board of trustees on Wednesday. “I’d...
Skolkovo aerospace startups were out in force at the MAKS international aviation and space salon, which opened its doors in the aviation hub town of Zhukovsky in the Moscow region on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin speaking at the opening of the MAKS...
A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying two satellites made by Dauria Aerospace successfully lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9.36 a.m. on Friday. The Soyuz launch vehicle being readied for takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome this...
An innovative drug described by Skolkovo’s biomed cluster as “female Viagra” and a potentially groundbreaking system of diagnosing endometriosis – a medical condition that affects millions of women around the world – were among...
The fifth annual Startup Village, a giant open-air event for hi-tech entrepreneurs and investors, opened Tuesday at the Skolkovo innovation city with the signing of two key agreements. Philips' Henk de Jong brandishes the symbolic key given to him...
Skolkovo’s resident cybercrime sleuths Group-IB have helped Russia’s Interior Ministry catch a gang of hackers suspected of using a Trojan virus to steal money from more than one million bank accounts via mobile banking apps, the ministry said Monday...
A joint scientific conference organised by the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) kicked off at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Tuesday, marking the biggest joint event hosted by Skoltech...
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...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the Skolkovo innovation city that he founded in 2010 during his tenure as president on Tuesday, where he inspected some of the tech startups supported by his brainchild project. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended when tanks from Communist North Vietnam burst through the wrought-iron gates of Saigon’s Independence Palace, the home and seat of the president of capitalist South Vietnam. Forty-one years later, Vietnam is still...
The Skolkovo innovation centre has signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli city of Yoqneam Illit, marking its first partnership with a fellow hi-tech city. Skolkovo's Igor Drozdov (left) and Yoqneam Illit Mayor Simon Alfasi sign the cooperation...
Tech entrepreneurs, scientists, representatives of international companies and governments, and investors from all over the world flocked to the Skolkovo innovation centre on Wednesday for the first day of the annual Open Innovations forum. Skolkovo's...
Sergei Semaikin sits motionless in his wheelchair, wearing a tight cap with wires poking out from the holes in it and leading to a small black box fixed to the cap at the base of his skull. On the computer screen in front of him, a cartoon figure runs, jumps...
The focus was firmly on the future and on global connections at the official opening of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) conference at Moscow’s World Trade Centre on Tuesday. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
The first building of the Moscow International Medical Cluster (MMMK), a planned state-of-the-art medical facility being built at the Skolkovo innovation centre, is growing visibly on a daily basis. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin visited the site , where construction...
President Vladimir Putin inspected life-changing medical solutions made by resident companies of the Skolkovo Foundation at the Strategic Initiatives Forum in Moscow on Thursday. President Vladimir Putin greeting a little girl with a prosthetic hand while...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev praised the progress of Skolkovo on Monday during a regular visit to the innovation city that he founded as president of Russia six years ago. Prime Minister Medvedev and Skolkovo president Vekselberg walking in front of...
Amid the satellites, virtual reality headsets, 3D printers and other hi-tech products on show at Skolkovo’s recent Startup Bazaar, the stand housing a cage of buzzing flies and jar of writhing maggots stood out. Also on the table were jars of dried and...
The Skolkovo Foundation is ready to apply its experience to the Russian innovations sector as a whole, the foundation’s president Victor Vekselberg told a meeting of the board on Tuesday. Skolkovo Foundation president and co-chair of the board Victor...
The U.S. aviation giant Boeing opened a state-of-the-art training and research centre at the Skolkovo innovation city outside Moscow on June 3, during the annual Startup Village. The Boeing centre is already home to two flight simulators, and is due to...
Thousands of tech entrepreneurs, investors and curious visitors from across Russia and around the world gathered in glorious sunshine at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Thursday at the opening of the fourth Startup Village, an annual two-day open-air event...
A presentation of Elon Musk’s headline-grabbing vacuum train, a drone race and business leadership tips from a Shaolin monk are among the highlights of this year’s Startup Village, the annual open-air large-scale conference for tech entrepreneurs...
The Skolkovo project set up to diversify the Russian economy away from energy exports has surpassed the targets set for it by the government, and its format should be rolled out around the country, parliamentary deputies and a deputy finance minister said Wednesday...
In the Netherlands, a leader in the fast-growing field of e-health, people living with Parkinson’s disease are not alone, whatever their personal situation. ParkinsonNet – a network of doctors, health professionals specializing in Parkinson’s...
Hong Kong’s startup scene is one of the fastest growing in the world, and the global financial centre has been dubbed Asia’s FinTech hub for the explosion of tech solutions for financial services seen there during the last few years. A delegation...