and co-chair of the skull size city project. is here to answer this question. this is one of the most respected scientists in the world is research into semiconductors has become a cornerstone for all modern high tech devices he's worked in the nobel prize ten years ago when russian president medvedev said he wanted modernization of patients in the economy and industry it was definitely thinking of people like to take the lead it's seen as a priority to restore russia's intellectual potential and stop the brain drain. rational thought upon his american colleague roger kornberg have been invited to spearhead a scientific c.t.d. in moscow the russian silicon valley today's arrest has come to spotlight to talk about what's ahead for the russian science. thank you very much for coming and coming to the studio well first of all let's

talk about the name silicon valley as soon as the government decided to develop this project it was named silicon valley after the after the american silicon valley so do you like the name and do you are you ready to follow the american example or you she is a silicon valley can be considered here only symbolic name because silicon valley in the united states. was started to develop visit goal of the well up and it was a semiconductor microelectronics based on silicon transistors which reflected wish reflected the u.s. emphasis on computer industry write your stuff all it will it happened after was a discovery of semiconductor that i'm just out of the fortress and really i'm shocked because one of the inventor semiconductor. levin's a bell telephone laboratory and came by and with patient to the stanford to new york city and get his. all the. company chocolate that i'm just going to put asian

bill shankly was outstanding them great scientist and not a good businessman but he attracted many young scientists school started some companies that had a child and late that it became now a very well known as a plain old company intel but that it was stuff will develop on top of the semiconductor microelectronics beach played very important role in the development of their science technology and even social science so it was based on modern information technologies and then it was not as a place it was a very good california nice climate stand but when you go to it you can you quote anyone you go to city in better glee so it was a very good place because all of this can be developed on leone's a base of science and develop some new kind of technology so eve

in my opinion we are not going just to corby silicon valley in the united states but is a is just to create eight some new same keep because chefs and the beach must be definitely very strongly connected bizarre is that any sort of sense that it's in our country and you know from our school and very proud of it a mosque or but that i was on as a to create a disease in you that is short center and development of new high technology in our country and dr akhter many internationally well known and the russian scientists the exam it was a main indeed why i was a guinea practically to be chairman of just say still of this center because in maine they do year you just to develop size beach became zip basic there's a base for that we're. more high tech because knowledge we in our times says so

you're ok with the name but you're not going to copy the american example of the kid now and that now if silicon valley started as you mentioned with semiconductors with transistors and this this was the cornerstone of american history at that time computer technology which high tech industry could become the cornerstone of russia's technological revolution you see it's very you put to me a very complicated and difficult question. and. one observed. very but the results of what we call it importance didn't last very into yours that we practically him destroyed industry mutual concentrated in the industrial minister's speech called them ministerial in the us the military court military complex but it was very well developed quite taking the state no we are

indeed a very difficult situation because my colleagues put on next non-addicted i knew it was the next step very important one but in order to come pete in syria and it wouldn't surprise them just to quote be what they've been done we must find out some kind of can you very prospect you. direction in the shortage which became as it braces for a new lot of your startup companies and zan to develop a technology industry well let's take a look at what the russian version of the silicon valley isn't meant to be here's this report from spotlights energy media. in five or seven years time the small town of school on the outskirts of moscow hopes to become the russian equivalent of silicon valley the project is part of the country's attempt to move away from its dependence on oil and gas exports last year the government

spent almost forty billion dollars on innovation projects but the number of tech start ups just fifty was a disappointment the scoop of a project expected to make a difference to avoid the key backs common instate project businessman victor back so barack has been putting in charge the russian version of xuecun valley will also get special economic gain legal status. tax breaks are a key issue for business skolkovo residents will pay the. property tax for ten years experts believe attracting foreign brains to the project is essential american biochemist and a bell prize winner kornberg has already agreed to co-chair the scientific and technical council overseeing russia's new silicon valley to make it more attractive to foreign scientists amendment or be made to the russian immigration laws there

are going to be around thirty thousand people even in school of all the lion's share of the sites funding will initially come from the government to private investment is being strongly encouraged corruption is a big problem for russia but i believe it. will be able to escape from. the new school or centers it david is will focus on five priorities and information technology communication via medical research and nuclear technology the most challenging part of the task will not be the research itself but find in practical application poor it in the past russia has been good at scientific innovation but bad turning it into commercial products. so what do you think how will skulk over and will it be able to close the gap

between fundamental science and production. issue is a good bit fundamental science and production exists everywhere in every country and special type of predicted six video old friend of mine unfortunately he died a few years ago george bush at that who was president that london the royal society has said once that all science is applied science is the differences that some of the patients came in better short of time but some that even century. we can see that as a problem of how to make development of the shortage and then became industrial production in soviet union in the united states and saudi exists different. how to do it better a lot of that recognized by its creation of what we call now start up companies in

very important to have very strong connections between basically shortage and develop and geez what a pity cations so as a startup company is serious you must fall. to look what is the most prominent christian church duty and. is this very difficult time in ninety four instance is that ash an academy of science and it is in our academy of science we are sort of i have got to stop all due to joint projects because deep in thought in laboratories and put in stone myla book because a lot of special contacts. i remember in the end of ninety. agreement between your institute and eat thirty industrial technology institute in a bind and the special kind of constituent the beach combine maybe from some point of view like. a science that the knowledge of it and somebody showed she institute

it took us approximately six thousand people who out of reckons there and it just weighed by budget and created the prospectivity shortage in different paid yet and as our health is a lab order to sepia be paid by companies when somebody is outs ins is budgeted but it is a big game prominent for implications. so. it would be important to have some kind of an island in skolkovo legs it but it was a main important problem for our. it just leads to. signs they finitely science a source of old technology but the very important to watch on the half now is a problem is that ok we can create some startup companies to deeds it for instance

when you projects at most nonna based on a science and technological speech getting out there now and again with science and knowledge to do with my new york. but to be needs to create by taking this study this is the most important problem says. a nobel prize winner spotlight will be back shortly right after the break so stay with us we will continue this.

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on a. welcome back to spotlight on al gore and often just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is i'll fill it off now bill prize winner and cochairman of scientific technical board off skulk of zero size city project this whole thought of when we when we talked about this this new and this new project in skulk about which russians are on already labeling out of the as the second silicon valley well the question that i had immediately onto officer i realize that this is serious and this is going to happen is that the soviet union had research centers all around the country from for from from did not to novosibirsk they what they were called the so-called local grants from the from

the sixty's now did they proved to be insufficient in the end post so that russia and what they should look at might be one of the best places and maybe it was a different division so russia like other men of science they said better and brain shows like it than with science one of the best among its. may be. developed will and which the beautiful book idea i'm going to talk about a good place and yes this is good same typically shift center. and i see him. would not be just have strong connections visit and i get up near from school if i could i'm going to look in there which should be a visit. there easiest places to be camp zeist sees them be sure to develop before. but always it's very different the chance. to start to grow some new one and if you have. opportunity to

grow in you same typically share center which would not be separate from mutual care they fit and strong connections but would be developed this some sort of goals and main goals since called you just tend to be me and my question. would be for the same keep it consul of the skolkovo center one of the main problem would be just the just sight of each direction subsidy church. in order to create new high thick thick knowledge of base in our country well let's see if people in the streets of moscow think that the innovative city in skulk can change the future of russia spotlights carts on the other has the details from the streets of moscow. how well recently they love asian cities in skolkovo which is considered

to be russia's version of the silicon valley and this plan to build me in moscow has been widely discussed in the russian capital but people think that this high tech hub can change the future of russia. i look upon the subject with great skepticism mainly due to what russia's history has taught us historically most scientific and technological breakthroughs in russia at least in the fields of rocketry chemistry in the military were made in so-called sure russians but what this means is that conflict scientists were assembled to work on certain projects under the supervision procured structures i think it will be very hard to create a scientific or technological way says a russian as long as the country's interior problems chiefly bureaucratize nation court system malfunctions remain unresolved. and one hundred percent certain that skolkovo will help improve russia's future. the reason is there are smart people working on it people who know not only how to manage government money but their own

money as well no one will invest their own money without hope for turns and that's talking about it cynically another thing is that young people young scientists will finally have a reason to stay in russia to make a name for themselves and lead an interesting life or science. out of god you should get a question about get back that is. my question is is it true that school come on will be a state within a state that it will have its own laws and there's a truth of mathematician going to be didn't want has agreed to work in school so here we have two questions well let's start with the with the last one is mr perelman has he agreed to leave the working as. a t.v. . because of the hip and there's not a very important one because. we're going to go to put him on his genius yes but we need the school really the same just go out of work and in physics chemistry

biology bio none and technology microelectronics so. theoretical mathematics so which is just in very be your idea of setting a tickle machine magic's and of course people like. the fact he's a brat yeah yeah but it doesn't meant that in my opinion ok no no the other question was shit which is a rather serious question from this young lady is is that is it true that skolkovo will become a state within a state like. autonomous from the rest of russia because people have been aware have been talking about about special laws special taxes maybe even special police and well is it going to be like sort of a vatican inside russia. eve for instance it would be played the important but all in or thought that i had some foreign scientist yes but in my opinion the main problem it's not as special law is the

main problem is that we had direct young russian saying just sophisticated experience that i shun them for insane just to and simply probe and put a science it's not only just the way a good sale lady it nets that it definitely is not only is the problem of up bottom and that's on it in a city too is a main problem for russia right now is a science must be could have stood by me and in the study and point of view was it creation of a new same t.v. center would be viz some a decision will. additional opportunities for science blade important that all four of the new same t.v. get actions to create new start up companies it's very important for creation nobs a new branch of the economy so this is again must emphasize one of the most

important parts much more important than spare for a long they're about ducks is this really is very important vital because because we've talked in this studio with a couple of people of scientists who've emigrated to where we were went to work in the west and were the main reason for for leaving this country and going to work to carry out scientific research in the west which they mentioned was that we want to feel that somebody needs you could know what we're doing exert influence our brain to get worried that this is what exactly is this is a main problem right now for science in that our friend you for instance the same keep it visits would be requested by state by economy by society no on would be started to criticize but i don't like that they may have science and start to speak zakhar them even don't need them so on. eve as a country needs science we need sperm experience good qualified

scientists we need to develop a national academy of science and we need to develop new a new law that is for instance my pupils emigrated to but are to be very strong connections with them i remember for instance on a very talented guy or truck or he decided to leave this sandpit a book and work in germany i said that your show why you are a good example and counsel of commuters who are on this you know. it's very interesting to your kids excellent atmosphere in our laboratory by new york to make some new experimental sample i spent just the week on the new equipment i can do it for a few hours so if you need. but after that after we are getting new equipment to be just the tools that i direct action for same typically shortage and group would be interested in the next very important one such psyche economy must be our

results must be requested here so do you think this cocoa will be capable of solving the problem of brain drain. school go away itself would not solve the problem of brain drain but i and brain exist in the new contracts for instance my drug money for europe scientist. the you are going to hear the united states because because not only because they're as it has bit of celery and maybe a little bit better condition for life but also because it's the feeling of them if they had results and needed to look on and on was the main problem and maint that's what's called to create that so much fear rituals that i did actually reach your church and state but is it then me to be idea if people from the government would be say ok it's very important that is outs and vishal spend the minute part of

development of new branch of being that's the vision are created by is very short in skolkovo the press has been writing a lot about skolkovo about this new this new civil and russian version of silicon valley. trying it's a good book and a good read trying to attract and invite lots of employees specialists from abroad is it true that you are putting some special emphasis on inviting foreign specialists to work it's no use i don't consider that as this is the most important program for instance when they was invited to be the chairman of scientific on still and they were supposed to choose cochairman for them or scientific consul and i was. that they decided that out of court and better would be very good candidate to be my cochairman because he's from stanford he's from area of silicon valley but the fall he is very successful means a by anon

a technology he is very successful in genetic information problems and me as a blade physicist and he has specialised in via chemistry and biology would be just add in that i choose in course the direction of the church thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest today was just as nobel prize winner. and cochairman of scientific technical board of skolkovo size city project that's it for now from all of us here the movie back with more firsthand comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on r.t. and take care.

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consistency in the air exceeds the norm by about five times. what you see we use handkerchiefs and cover on noses there's new all the way. there's just who god is mercy and sends us rain. which i q but if we're really shocked water should be given out people can't breathe their eyes are itching. and that's exactly why we're wearing masks like this because it's literally hard to breathe the air makes you feel nauseous russia is no doubt suffering from its worst heat wave on record heat wave sparked forest and peat fires across central and western regions fires have killed at least fifty people in the past week the temperatures for we have soared as high as thirty eight to forty degrees degrees celsius in moscow where usually the average summer temperature is twenty three degrees there are still around eighty big fires burning in the country there are hundreds of them but.