• Innovations hub Kaluga region seizes the moment to help cancer patients

    “Did you know that more than 70 percent of cancer patient deaths are caused not by the cancer itself, but by the side effects of chemotherapy?” With this shocking statistic just minutes into the presentation of his product, Andrei Garazha has the...

    20 February, 12:27 Collinson Shura
  • Don’t be greedy, Dvorkovich advises startups

    Despite the turbulent economic situation, the Russian government will continue to support innovative startups, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told representatives of regional governments on Wednesday – but only if their ideas and products are...

    18 February, 13:56 Collinson Shura
  • 'Caring for people in their environment'

    The Skolkovo Innovation Center is often praised for the rate at which it is sprouting out of the ground on a patch of land just west of Moscow. Just a few years into the project, hundreds of resident companies are already here, as is the Skoltech university...

    01 September, 9:21 Nowak David
  • What a difference a year makes

    When Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared at Startup Village that the Skolkovo Innovation Center is developing as planned, he was speaking as someone who’d had the benefit of several helicopter fly-bys to back up the assertion. Now, the picture...

    05 June, 10:16 Nowak David
  • Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: Skolkovo is producing results

    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 ...

    04 June, 14:54 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo Robotics International Conference

    The Skolkovo Innovation Center on March 20-22 hosted the third Skolkovo Robotics International Conference, one of the biggest events of its kind in Russia. More than 2,000 registered for the three-day bonanza , which bought together robot developers, company...

    27 March, 10:18 Nowak David
  • Vekselberg: Russia should have a dozen Skolkovos

    Addressing officials from 79 of Russia’s 83 regions from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg on Wednesday called for the creation of a dozen similar innovation centers across the country. The conference at the Hypercube...

    28 January, 15:19 Nowak David
  • Russian government restructuring economy through innovations – Dvorkovich

    The Russia’s government has signed an anti-crisis plan to restructure the economy in part through innovations, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told a meeting of regional officials on Wednesday. Dvorkovich addressing regional officials at...

    28 January, 12:11 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo aims to contribute 1.5 trillion rubles to Russian GDP by 2030

    Skolkovo is aiming to contribute 1.5 trillion rubles to the Russian economy by 2020, Foundation president Victor Vekselberg said Friday. Addressing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s commission on economic modernization at the Hypercube, Vekselberg noted...

    19 December, 14:03 Nowak David
  • Medvedev: Russia sowing seeds of innovations economy

    Russia has made strides in creating the infrastructure needed for an innovations-based economy, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at a meeting of the economic modernization commission presidium at the Skolkovo Hypercube. Medvedev was chairing the...

    19 December, 13:46 Nowak David
  • Panasonic becomes Skolkovo partner

    Electronics giant Panasonic became a partner of the Skolkovo Foundation on Friday, signing a deal with Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg that obliges the Japanese multinational to build research facilities at the Russian innovation center. The agreement...

    19 December, 13:11 Nowak David