• In a flurry of snow, Skolkovo tips hat to a kind 2014

    In the dying snow flurries of 2014, as the Vnukovo plane trails dissipate silently into the Moscow sky, the Skolkovo Foundation can look back upon an eventful, challenging and ultimately successful year from its new, permanent home. Snow settles at Skolkovo...

    25 December, 14:47 Nowak David
  • Medvedev honors Skolkovo pair

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday expressed gratitude to the Skolkovo Foundation’s Ekaterina Inozemtseva and Alina Suslova for their work in promoting entrepreneurship in Russia. Inozemtseva is the Foundation’s director of strategy...

    19 December, 15:08 Nowak David
  • A fireside chat with Russia’s leaders of innovation

    HELSINKI, Finland - Russia’s chief proponents of innovation took to the silver stage Tuesday at Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest startup conference, to share the secrets of entering the Russian market. From left: Galitsky, Viljakainen, Dvorkovich...

    18 November, 15:09 Nowak David
  • Slush 2014: Skolkovo to send more than 40 startups to Helsinki

    More than 40 Skolkovo resident companies are to fly to Helsinki next month for Slush, one of Europe’s biggest startup investment conferences, to woo financiers and get a sense of how they measure up to international competition. Organizers are hoping...

    28 October, 11:18 Nowak David
  • Russian Startup Tour 2015 to take in Belarus, Kazakhstan

    The Russian Startup Tour will venture beyond Russia’s borders for the first time next February as budding businesses in Belarus and Kazakhstan take part in the fifth annual innovative road show. The 2015 Russian Startup Tour (RST) is an initiative...

    22 September, 10:59 Nowak David
  • Top government official lauds Russian Startup Tour 2015

    Encouraging economic growth through the 2015 Russian Startup Tour is the best way to combat the difficult political conditions currently facing the country, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Saturday. Speaking at the International Investment Forum...

    20 September, 22:45 Nowak David
  • The Russian Startup Tour in Siberia

    Krasnoyarsk has come to be the final stop in the Siberian stretch of the Russian Startup Tour whose itinerary covered 27 cities of the country. The Russian Startup Tour team toured several Siberian cities, including Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and...