Category: Science, Technology, Engineering

NEWSLINK Bostinno: What Now for MIT and Moscow’s ‘Innovation City’? [Skolkovo]

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Newslinks, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Skolkovo File Photo

In 2011, MIT and Russian institutions including the Skolkovo Foundation launched a multi-year collaboration to facilitate the conception of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology—dubbed Skoltech— a private graduate research university in a suburb of Moscow that was designed to stimulate the Russian entrepreneurial ecosystem and address a number of pressing global issues.   http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/05/16/mits-skolkovo-tech-incubator-skoltech-struggles-in-russia/  

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Currency Crisis Leaves Russian Scientists With No Funds for Foreign Journal Subscriptions

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber – May 13, 2015) After scientists across Russia lost access to thousands of academic journals on Tuesday due to the ruble’s sharp devaluation, Education Minister Dmitry Livanov vowed to restore access to academic publishing giant Springer, Russian media reported. Universities and research institutions across the country lost access to Springer due to a […]

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NEWSLINK Carnegie Moscow: Left Behind? Russia in the New Industrial Revolution.

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Newslinks, Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

… Russia will not be able to keep pace with the outside world. If Russia does not possess sufficient economic strength (I do not mean simply hard currency—I mean the capacity to create wealth by real production), surrounding countries will not willingly ally with it. …     http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=59335

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Putin’s Attacks on Science, Rooted in His Fear of the Educated, Destroying Russia’s Future, Koch Says

Education, Academia, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – January 20, 2014) Vladimir Putin “understands that the threat to his regime is to be found among the thinking and educated” and thus has been taking steps to “destroy higher education” in Russia and cut the financing of science, according to Moscow commentator Alfred Koch. Such actions may buy Putin some short term protection, […]

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Business New Europe: Russia’s tech sector defies downturn

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris in Moscow – January 16, 2015) Most of Russia’s economy will be in the proverbial dustbin in 2015, except for the technology sector. The gadget-loving Russians have been driving the explosion of e-commerce in recent years, which is now starting to spill over into technological innovation and software development. Instead of the […]

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Moscow Times: Life After Putin: Teaching Future Russia

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Skolkovo File Photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexey Eremenko – December 11, 2014) The professional future is bright in Russia, where space geologists and airship constructors will be among the most in-demand professionals by the 2020s, according to an atlas of Russia’s future job market recently published by Skolkovo’s Moscow School of Management. But whether Russia will be churning out droves of […]

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Spy Malware Deployed Against Russia by Unknown Nation, Report Says

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering, Spies, Spy Allegations
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn – November 25, 2014) Russian and Saudi Arabian telecommunications and Internet firms are being targeted by highly advanced cyber espionage malware that is likely being controlled by a Western intelligence agency, The Financial Times reported Monday. Leading computer security company Symantec issued a statement Sunday warning about a new piece of malware known […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: U.S.-Russia continue medical cooperation

Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Patient in Russian Hospital

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Victoria Zavyalova, special to RBTH – November 5, 2014) Joint programs in regional hospitals are less sensitive to geopolitical disagreements. The desire and energy of Russian and U.S. scientists are what fuel cooperation between Russia and the United States in the field of medicine, which takes place mainly on a non-governmental level. Research […]

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Interfax: Europeans may have ancestors in Siberia – Russian Academy of Sciences

Far East, Siberia, APEC, History, Soviet Union, Science, Technology, Engineering
Siberian Natural Scenery, with River, Trees, Hills

(Interfax – October 14, 2014) A comparison of genomes of ancient Europeans and people living in contemporary countries has shown that a Siberian tribe is an ancestor of modern Europeans, said Olga Posukh, senior research fellow of the human molecular genetics laboratory of the Cytology and Genetics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian branch. “A certain genetic component of […]

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In Russia, ‘Lots of Scientists, Little Science’

Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – October 8, 2014) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, five Russian scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. All five received their educations and launched their careers during the Soviet era, when science – particularly in connection with the military-industrial complex – ranked among the state’s top priorities. Today […]

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Russia Eyes Nobel Prize in Physics

Science, Technology, Engineering, Space
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – October 7, 2014) Soviet scientists may be among the laureates for the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for promulgating a theory on “the first tremors of the Big Bang” that was empirically proven this Marсh, Rosbalt news agency reported. Soviet physicist Alexei Starobinsky was the first to introduce the theory of an inflationary era of […]

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Million-Man Army of Programmers Won’t Free Russia From Western Software

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Delphine d’Amora – August 20, 2014) Foreign software has become the latest target of Russian officials’ clamorous calls for self-sufficiency, with plans to swiftly replace all foreign imports and triple the number of Russian programmers heralding a crusade that analysts consider misguided and hopelessly optimistic. “We stand for complete sovereignty of information,” Communications and Mass […]

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Why Russia is falling behind in the science race

Science, Technology, Engineering
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(opendemocracy.net – Andrey Sobolevsky – August 6, 2014) The reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences is not popular with scientists. Especially in Siberia. The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in May 1957. The new scientific centre in the east of the country was intended as a counterweight to Moscow and Leningrad (St Petersburg). Fundamental and […]

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Interfax: Political situation should not affect contacts among Russian, U.S. scientists – Academy of Sciences

Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Interfax – July 2, 2014) The president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Vladimir Fortov, is set to develop the Academy’s cooperation with American scientists regardless of the political situation. “I will do whatever I can to develop our contacts, despite the winds blowing in one direction or another,” Fortov told a press conference on Wednesday. The RAS chief […]

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Only Eight Russians Among Most Cited Researchers Worldwide

Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – June 20, 2014) Eight of the world’s 3,215 most highly-cited researchers are scholars affiliated with Russian research organizations, according to a new ranking released by Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters’ list was compiled based on “highly cited papers” among journal articles and reviews indexed in its Web of Science Core Collection between 2002 and 2012. Three […]

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Physicists Complain of Interference From State-Appointed Officials

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Kremlin and Saint Basil's File Photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – April 21, 2014) Four physicists have announced their resignation from the academic council of one of Russia’s top research institutes, accusing it of failing to defend a prominent colleague who was fired for “truancy” after attending a workshop at Stony Brook University in the U.S. The dismissal of Alexander Gorsky from the […]

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Housing and High Wages Will Stop Russian ‘Brain Drain’ – Russian Official

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Population Disaster, Demographics, Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) – New housing incentives and high wages will help prevent young Russian scientists from leaving the country, a Russian official said Wednesday during a meeting of young scientists in Siberia. “I think that we should create better conditions so that our young scientists are motivated to build their career here in the country. And by […]

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Minister Sees End to U.S. IT Purchases

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – March 27, 2014) U.S. spying could cost software companies said Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov, in a message attached to an Instagram shot of a recent Wall Street Journal article detailing renewed U.S interest in spying on Russia. “U.S. security services have put an end to the further use of U.S. computer software […]

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Russian web millionaires go West

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Russia & the West, Science, Technology, Engineering
Cash, Calculator, Pen

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – February 11, 2014) International expansion is the new watchword for the Russian venture market’s movers and shakers. As the latest ranking of the country’s internet millionaires indicates, the winners are those who invest abroad. The magazine Sekret Firmy (meaning “company secret” in Russian) has conducted a study together with the BrandSpotter agency to […]

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Interfax: Russian economy sees rise in demand for highly-skilled scientists – official

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

(Interfax – February 10, 2014) Ecology is to become the most sought-after, most funded field of Russian science over the next few years, Russian Presidential Aide and former education minister Andrei Fursenko said. “I think ecology will be a very interesting area (of research) for Russia. I believe that over the next five to ten years the problem of the […]

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Skolkovo Foundation Touts Growth as Innovation Rating Drops

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering
Skolkovo File Photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – January 31, 2014) Despite the fact that Russia went down 11 positions to 62nd place in the 2013 Global Innovation Index, Skolkovo Foundation executives said Thursday that the technology incubator plays an important role in buoying the country’s position in such ratings. The index, jointly prepared by Cornell University, INSEAD and the […]

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Excerpts from transcript of [Putin] meeting with National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI) students

Education, Academia, Military, Nuclear, Missile Defense, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Russian Nuclear Submarine file photo

(Kremlin.ru – January 22, 2014) PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon, everyone, The main reason for this meeting is to congratulate you on the upcoming holiday. As one would write in official documents, I want to congratulate you and in your person all of Russia’s students. I wish you the very best in your studies and your future careers. […]

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Interfax: Putin: Future Research Fund should look over horizon, avoid rainbow chasing

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

TULA. Jan 21 (Interfax) – The Future Research Fund should not chase rainbows and have scientific and technological illusions in the selection of projects it will support, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. He added that the Fund “should be looking over the horizon.” “It is important to avoid straight repetition of even promising solutions in the selection of projects. As […]

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Putin Overhaul of Science Risks Final Blow to Soviet-Era Machine

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Oliver Staley, Henry Meyer and Stepan Kravchenko – January 14, 2014) Yulia Nelyubina is an internationally recognized chemist at the Russian Academy of Sciences. An overhaul of the academy pushed through by President Vladimir Putin may leave her homeless and further damage the country’s already bruised science establishment. The changes mean the academy will lose control […]

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List of 1,000 Scientific Institutions to Be Managed by New Agency Confirmed

Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – January 8, 2014) Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday confirmed the list of 1,007 institutions that will be run by the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations, which was created last year by a law on academic reforms. The list, initially published on the government’s website on Dec. 30, still includes all 20 of the institutions, […]

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Reform Will Lead to Death of Russian Science, Academicians Warn

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Oleg Sukhov – December 24, 2013) Requesting money for a project that violates the laws of physics is something you would expect from an institution run by government officials, say critics of the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, a government-owned company, is developing a gravitsapa […]

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Academy of Sciences ‘Doesn’t Own’ its Moscow Headquarters

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – November 29, 2013) The Russian Academy of Sciences, or RAN, doesn’t have ownership rights over its landmark building on Vorobyovy Gory and may lose the premises to a new federal scientific affairs agency, a news report said Friday. The State Property Agency had been looking for a building to house the newly-minted […]

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Supercomputing Gap Seen as Threat to Economy

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Guennadi Moukine – November 28, 2013) PERESLAVL-ZALESSKY, Yaroslavl Region ­ Russia is lagging five and a half years behind the U.S. in supercomputing technology and closing the gap is essential for the competitiveness of the Russian economy, an Academy of Sciences computing expert said. Supercomputers, which are ranked according to their speed of calculation measured […]

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Russian Tech Sector Reliant on U.S. Investors and Expertise

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Cash, Calculator, Pen

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Guennadi Moukine – November 11, 2013) The only route to success for Russian technology firms is to launch an operation and find investors in U.S., an investment forum heard. The venture capital market in the U.S. is mature, and investors have experience that Russia, whose investment institutions are relatively young, does not have, speakers at […]

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Technology Expert Sees Fear of Failure Inhibiting Russian Innovation

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering
Artist's Conception of Nanotechnology Components

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Guennadi Moukine – November 5, 2013) Despite its extraordinary scientific capacity, a stated desire to be competitive and the availability of capital, it may take several generations before Russia’s investment in innovation will bear fruit, a report by MIT on the country’s role in global innovation shows. Russia has many of the necessary elements to […]

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Geography and Humility to Fuel Open Innovation Forum

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Guennadi Moukine – October 31, 2013) Russia’s straddling of Europe and Asia and its unpretentious approach to embracing all who strive to capitalize on new technology will make the Open Innovations Forum that starts Thursday in Moscow a success, the event’s chief executive said. World-famous innovators and visionaries will share their concepts and secrets of […]

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What awaits Russian science? The country’s scholars and scientists are outraged by reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Andrey Vaganov, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta, special to RBTH – October 25, 2013) A recently passed law on reforming the Russian Academy of Sciences is aimed at segregating scientific research from academic property management. The government argues the move will free science of an irrelevant burden. Academics, for their part, are convinced […]

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FSB wants to record Internet communications

Human Rights, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering, Spies, Spy Allegations
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Yaroslava Kiryukhina, RBTH – October 23, 2013) Just several months after granting temporary asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russia prepares to implement electronic surveillance that looks similar to the infamous PRISM. But is it actually the same? Russia’s Communications Ministry has drafted an order that would require Internet providers to install monitoring […]

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Snowden – the only Solzhenitsyn we deserve

History, Soviet Union, Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Science, Technology, Engineering, Spies, Spy Allegations, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Edward Snowden file photo

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Dmitry Babich, special to RBTH – October 21, 2013) Dmitry Babich is a columnist for Voice of Russia radio. Is the former NSA analyst a modern-day dissident? There are many interesting similarities between Edward Snowden and the famous Russian dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008). The most recent example of these is the interview […]

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Russian Telecoms Giant Slams New Surveillance Powers – Paper

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Human Rights, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering, Spies, Spy Allegations
Stylized Artist's Depiction of Shadowy Figures in Dark Coats and Dark Hats, One Carrying a Briefcase

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, October 21, 2013) A Russian telecommunications giant has slammed government plans to give security services complete access to all Internet traffic by the middle of 2014, calling them unconstitutional, Kommersant newspaper reported Monday. The daily cited a letter submitted by mobile operator Vimpelcom to the Press and Communications Ministry as saying the proposed legislation violated fundamental […]

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No hope for Russia’s hi-tech sector?

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Artem Zagorodnov, RBTH –  October 9, 2013) Most Russians do not believe in Russia’s future as a leading hi-tech exporter, a Debate Night this week at Moscow’s Technopolis revealed. The fact that Russia currently accounts for 26 percent of the world’s high-tech exports was no deterrent to this week’s Debate Night at Moscow’s […]

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Science Reform Bill Passes Federation Council

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Federation Council file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Allison Quinn – September 26, 2013) The Federation Council on Wednesday approved a controversial bill to reform the Russian Academy of Sciences, paving the way for it to be signed into law by President Vladimir Putin, as opponents of the bill protested against it outside the upper house of parliament. The bill has prompted numerous […]

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Moscow’s Plan to Restructure Academy of Sciences Will Spark Separatism, Scholars Say

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Federation Council file photo

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, September 24, 2013) If the Federation Council approves the government-backed and Duma-approved plan to restructure the Russian Academy of Sciences, a group of Russian scientists say, this will lead to a weakening or even breakdown of horizontal ties across the country and to “the growth of separatist tendencies.” In an open letter […]

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Russian Parliament Gives Approval for State to Take Over Academy of Sciences

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Duma Session file photo

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, September 18, 2013) ­ A bill to hand over control of research institutions in Russia from the country’s Academy of Sciences to the federal government was approved on Wednesday in the federal parliament despite vehement objections from the scientific community. The landmark bill, which has yet to be approved by the upper house of parliament and […]

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Duma to Consider Science Reform Amid Protest

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Russian Duma Building

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Natalya Krainova – September 18, 2013) The State Duma on Wednesday is set to review a controversial reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences in a key second reading amid a flurry of scandalous accusations against both the academy’s leadership and federal lawmakers who’ve sponsored the reform. The proposed reform has been met with major […]

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Campaign of lies launched against Academy – ex-president

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Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 17, 2013) Academician Yury Osipov, who was the Russian Academy of Sciences’ president for 12 years, said an unseemly and insulting campaign has been launched in the media against the Academy. “A well-orchestrated and large-scale information campaign against the Academy of Sciences, which is apparently linked to the Academy reform, aims to convince the public, whose […]

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Business looks to tech to salvage U.S.-Russia relationship

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Artem Zagorodnov, RBTH – September 17, 2013) The reset may be over, but business leaders hope that trade ties do not have to be completely dependent on the whims of Washington and Moscow. Russian Innovation Week, which has started today in Boston and would continue this week in Silicon Valley, is the latest […]

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From no child left behind to every man for himself

Education, Academia, Science, Technology, Engineering
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – Natalia Savitskaya, special to RBTH – rbth.ru – September 2, 2013) During the Soviet era, teachers and scientists were revered and their dedication to their work reflected their status. Now that today’s students aspire to careers in business or entrepreneurship, are educational standards slipping? In the Soviet Union, no child left behind was the rule, […]

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Revolt of the professors

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(opendemocracy.net – Aleksandr Chuikov – September 3, 2013) In September Russia’s parliament votes on a highly controversial law to reform the Russian Academy of Sciences. As Aleksandr Chuikov reports, its supporters call it a bitter pill for the 21st century; its opponents, the kiss of death, and an attempt to curb academic freedoms. The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) was […]

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Government Backs Skolkovo High-Tech Hub With Funding Pledge

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Skolkovo File Photo

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, August 2. 2013) The Russian government appeared to renew its support for the Skolkovo innovation hub Thursday as Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told the Cabinet that the embattled project would be included in a state program and receive 502 billion rubles ($15.2 billion) of funding through 2020. The brainchild of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and […]

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U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program [Grants Available; application deadline Aug. 12, 2013]

Education, Academia, Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's, Opportunities, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Stylized Russian and U.S. Flags with Number 200, 1807-2007

From: “US-Russia Dialogue, Moscow” <US-RussiaDialogue@state.gov> Subject: US-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program To help foster greater contacts between Americans and Russians, the State Department is announcing the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program, which will provide small grants to support collaboration, including meetings, virtual interactions, exchanges, and internships, between American and Russian organizations.   Applications from […]

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Universities ignore economy’s demands; Russian institutions produce too many lawyers and economists, not enough IT specialists

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Education, Academia, Science, Technology, Engineering
Moscow State University

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Lyudmila Nazdracheva, special to RBTH – July 22, 2013) Almost 6 percent of Russian university graduates register at the unemployment office immediately after graduating. Lawyers lead the way in this area. There is also an excess of economists, real estate agents, travel managers, civil engineers, bankers, teachers and psychologists. Russian universities are still […]

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Intel, IBM Feel Putin Pinch as Medvedev Tech Hub Falters

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Skolkovo File Photo

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer, Irina Reznik & Jason Corcoran – July 17, 2013) When Russian agents stormed the downtown offices of the Skolkovo technology hub being built near Moscow on April 18, a startled Intel Corp (INTC). executive got caught up in the raid. Dusty Robbins, head of global programs for the world’s largest chipmaker, was forced to […]

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Reform of Russian Academy of Sciences to have no negative impact on employees – Putin

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Science, Technology, Engineering
Adaptions of Image from Livermore.gov of Element 118 Atoms

(Interfax – GOGLAND ISLAND, Leningrad region, July 15, 2013) The reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences will have no negative impact on the work of the institute’s employees, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Actually, nothing will change for those, who work in institutes,” Putin said on Monday when answering questions of participants of the archeological expedition Gogland 2013. Institutes […]

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Academicians fear reform may kill ‘oasis of freedom and democracy’

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, July 9, 2013) Academicians may draft their own amendments to the bill reforming the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy corresponding member and Economics Institute Director Ruslan Grinberg said. “This reform is a sore subject; we may draft our own amendments….The main attack is being made on the Academy’s self-government. Even assets do not matter. Sure, these are […]

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