Dec 12, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News Samsung Electronics has agreed with Skolkovo, Russia’s largest tech hub nearing completion in the outskirts of Moscow, to set up a corporate R&D Center in the hub. The new center is expected to collaborate with three of Skolkovo’s major...
Nov 20, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News Obninsk, a ‘science city’ in the Kaluga region, announced plans to build its own $40 million high tech technopark. The effort will be funded on a roughly 50/50 basis between federal and regional coffers, the Nanoprom.ru portal reported earlier...
Aug 24, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 24 August 2012 RTI, a subsidiary of AFK Sistema, has acquired full control of technology company Sitronics, AFK Sistema said in a statement, Interfax reported. RTI bought global depositary receipts for 0.52 percent of Sitronics’ shares, increasing...
Apr 6, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 5 April 2012 After spending three years in a post-crisis mire, IT sales in Russia reached an all-time high in 2011, IDC reported to Vedomosti and CNews.ru. According to IDC analysts, the Russian IT sector posted double-digit gains last year,...
Mar 27, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 26 Mar 2012 Russia’s second fastest-growing regional innovation economy in 2011 according to business monitor RBC Daily, is stepping up efforts to assert itself as one of the country’s most business-friendly ecosystems. Less than three years...