The Skolkovo Foundation was set up in 2010 to change the perception of Russia from an old mineral-export country to a new investor-friendly economy. For three years its progress has been patchy, but all that may now be changing
Every city in the world wants to be the coolest on the planet. Spectacles such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics are usually conduits for making this happen; London last year is one obvious example.
Previous Olympic cities such as Vancouver, Beijing, Barcelona and Seoul have also benefited from such exposure. Even the Norwegian city of Lillehammer, home to the 1994 Winter Olympics, was immortalised in a BBC TV programme that starred Sopranos legend Steve Van Zandt.
By: Monty Munford, Edited by: Olivia Solon
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/05/russian-startups
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