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Medvedev: Skolkovo financing in place - Vedomosti
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has told business daily Vedomosti that public and private financing is in place “in its entirety” to see the Skolkovo project through. Speaking to the...

Skoltech: Building a university without existing blueprints
Getting a faculty job with the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is simple, provost Raj Rajagopalan, tells sk.ru in an interview. Prove you have the innovative qualities required by leaving...

Skoltech provost: 40 percent of our students are already entrepreneurs
As first bell rings out for the final year of the inaugural intake of students at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, provost Raj Rajagopalan tells sk.ru that in some ways they have already...

Made in Skolkovo: Bravo Motors and its eGo electric car
Bravo Motors, one of Russia's most promising e-vehicle startups, has unveiled the latest design of an ultracompact electric car that the company hopes will take hold in Europe over the coming years...

Made in Skolkovo: Neighborhood watch – in orbit
The growing mass of space junk whizzing around the earth is presenting a serious threat to the ever-increasing number of orbital satellites. But if you’re one of those satellites – telecoms...

Made in Skolkovo: Rock Flow Dynamics sets new frontiers in reservoir engineering
RFD is one of Skolkovo’s most successful residents. It develops software for the petroleum industry with a wide range of innovative tools for reservoir engineering. RFD’s flagship product is...

Made in Skolkovo: Ivideon’s eye in the sky
Skolkovo resident company Ivideon produces surveillance cameras and software that allows users to watch live feeds remotely via smartphones or tablets. “The demand for such a service has turned out...

Made in Skolkovo: ‘Easy Ten’ app – half a million downloads and counting
Easy Ten is a free mobile app that teaches non-native speakers ten English words per day. It was produced in 2012 by a company of students from Skoltech led by Nikita Pestrov, Dmitry Zaryuta and Kirill...

Skolkovo must act as a beacon – ex-US science chief
Skolkovo needs broad support across Russian government and society to inspire similar projects and foster a true culture of entrepreneurship, the renowned American engineer and scientist Arden L. Bement...