Aug 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this week Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecom operator, announced the creation of its own “Venture Project Department. The new department will focus on “search, screening, packaging, and test introduction of new products...
Aug 1, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News GS Group, a privately-held international holding based in Kaliningrad, Russia’s westernmost enclave bordering Poland and Lithuania, announced earlier this month plans to support entrepreneurial innovators and start-up teams at all stages of...
Jun 24, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Marchmont News RVC, the Russian government’s fund of funds for innovation, and GK Pilot, a leading local systems integrator, have co-invested in “FABRIKA,” an IT park in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan. RVC’s involvement comes through its tributary...
Jun 12, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Marchmont News 12 June 2012 The Russian government has named pharmaceutical and biomedical as priority sectors for innovation, and has set a fairly ambitious strategic goal of increasing the share of domestic medical equipment products in the Russian market to at...
Apr 17, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Russia’s Far Eastern region of Yakutia (Sakha) is planning to open its own hi-tech park by 2015, the Russian news agency Interfax reported earlier this week, citing a statement by Anatoly Semenov, the CEO of Yakutia, a techno-park already in operation in the area....