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Gazprom Neft to open R&D centre at Skolkovo
Oil producer Gazprom Neft is to open a research and development centre at the Skolkovo innovation centre outside Moscow under an agreement signed Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum...

On the menu of the future: crushed maggots
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...

Skoltech signs agreement with German Aerospace Center
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed a research cooperation agreement that will allow Skoltech to take part in real space experiments...

Vekselberg: we’re ready for Skolkovo II
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...

Tips for startups from a Shaolin monk
“The Shaolin Temple itself is a 1,500-year-old startup,” unexpectedly declares Shi Xing Mi, a Shaolin monk dressed in a mustard-coloured martial arts outfit. “It may sound like an oxymoron...

Express stroke test maker takes second place at Asian Entrepreneurship Award
DRD Biotech, a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation that makes rapid tests for diagnosing strokes and other conditions affecting the brain, won second prize at the Asian Entrepreneurship Award in...

SportTechie Startup Profile Series: Navigine Is A Location Aware Software Platform For Indoor Venues
SportTechie focuses on Navigine, a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation's IT cluster, as part of its startup profile series. The original article can be found here: Navigine's software enables precise...

Two Skolkovo foreigners to receive friendship awards from Russian president
Russian President Vladimir Putin named two key figures at the Skolkovo Foundation among the foreign recipients of friendship awards on Wednesday. Pekka Viljakainen, a Finnish advisor to Skolkovo president...

Smart homes projects win big at Internet of Things: IT Challenge contest
The Internet of Things: IT Challenge competition reached its grand finale at the Skolkovo innovation centre Friday, with prizes of 5 million rubles ($78,000) awarded to the winners in several categories...