Russian "Silicon Valley" will appear in 2010?

For a long time in Russia they have been talking about the creation of a new “Silicon Valley”. And so, this year they decided to take decisive action!
Thus, according to the plans of the Kremlin, in 2010 a city of the future should appear in the Moscow region. It is reported that the idea belongs personally to Medvedev and that the money has already been allocated (but not yet mastered). The curator appointed Vladislav Surkov - the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration and Deputy Dmitry Anatolyevich in the commission on modernization. It is planned that Rosnano will become the main contractor of the project. Therefore, the working group included its general director Anatoly Chubais.


It is also planned to attract foreign investment and experts. According to available data, the working group includes venture capitalists Esther Dyson (Esther Dyson, USA; invested in XCOR, Constellation Services, Zero-G, Icon Aircraft, Space Adventures and 23andMe), Dominique Fache (Dominique Fache, France; one of the founders the largest technopark Sophia-Antipolis) and Sven-Tor Holm (Sven-Thore Holm, Sweden; the general director of Lundavision AB, participated in the creation of the Swedish Ideon Science Park).

Until April 1, applications are collected with plans for the implementation of this large-scale project. Then the best of them will give money for implementation. For this purpose, about 4'000'000'000 rubles have already been allocated from the state budget! The amount is impressive. There are five areas of activity: energy efficiency, nuclear technology, medical technology, space technology, strategic information technology.
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Actually, the last two points are the most interesting.

What should be the city of the future?

This settlement numbering 35'000-40'000 people. It should create the conditions for comfortable work of specialists aimed at creating innovative products. That is, this housing, high wages, all the necessary social institutions (schools, kindergartens, hospitals, sports facilities, etc.), its own police (police?), High-speed Internet, and so on. So that you can do only your favorite thing. As a result, "residents" should create several products with a total sales volume of 100-200 billion rubles by 2015!

Will all this really? The question is open.