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 the nobel prize ten years ago when russian president medvedev said he wanted modernization and you know patients in the economy and industry 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 the rest of europe and his american colleague roger kornberg have been invited to spearhead a scientific c.t.d. in moscow the russian silicon valley and today's arrests come to spotlight to talk about what's ahead for the russian science. thank you very much for coming from 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 name because silicon williams 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 right if you are still fall it will it happen tough that is a discovery of semiconductor that i'm just out of the fortress and really i'm shocked because one of the inventor semiconductor. leds a bell telephone laboratory in cambridge and with patients of the stanford to new york city and get all one. company shortly that i'm just going to. bill shankly. outstanding them great scientist and not

a good businessman but he attracted many young scientists who started get some company as a child and late that it became now a very well known for play roles company intel but that it was fewer stuff will develop and of the semiconductor microelectronics veach 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 stunt but when you go to it you can afford a new york city in better clee so it was very good plays because all of this can be developed on leone's a base of science and develop of some new kind of technology so eve in my opinion we are not going just to court the silicon valley as the united

states but as a da is just to create eight some new same teeth because share center beach must be definitely a very strongly connected result that is sort of sent us in knock on thirty year from our school and very proud of it a mosque or bought that i was on as a to create a disease and you it 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 saint keep it consul of this center because i'm a in a year he just to develop size beach became is a basic this is a base for the development of our high tech because knowledge we in our times says so you are ok with the name but you're not going to copy the american it. ok now

now 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. who on observe. very bad because of what we call it importance didn't last very into yours is that we practically destroyed hi tech industry ritual concentrated in our industrial ministers to reach gold band minutes that you invested in a military court military complex but it was very well developed quite taking this thing nawal be are indeed very difficult situation because my colleague there are next non-native but i knew it was the next step very important one but the north

pole come pete in syria and it wouldn't surprise them just to quote be what they have been done we must find out some kind of thing you very press picked you. direction in the shark cage vision became is a basis for a new a 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 you learned to me that. 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 skookum a project expected to make a difference to avoid the key backs common in state project businessman victor back so barack has been charge the russian version of xuecun valley will also get special economic gain legal status. tax breaks are a key issue for businesses which skolkovo residents will pay the. property tax for ten years experts believe attracting foreign brains to the project is essential american biochemist and the bell prize winner roger 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 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 energy 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 at 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 big fundamental science and production exists everywhere in every country

and a special type of predicted six video old friend of mine unfortunately he died a few years ago george bush at that who was president is 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 go for the shortage and then became industrial production in soviet union in the united states and saudi this is different. to do it better a lot of that recognized its creation of what we call now startup companies on a very important to have very strong connections between

basically shortage and develop and what implications so as a startup company is that is you must fall. to look at what is the most prominent christian church duty and. is this a very difficult time in ninety four instance is that ash an academy of science and that it's in our academy of science you're sort of i got to stop all due to joint projects which is different for in laboratories and for instance mileage because a lot of special context be stable. i remember in the end of ninety s i science it agreement between your cute and eat thirty industrial technology institute and they went and the special kind took institute the beach combine maybe from some point of view like. a science that the knowledge of it and somebody showed she institute it because approximately six thousand people quoted reckons there and it just weighed

by budget and created the prospect in pretty short indifferent paid yet and that is that health is a lab order to sepia be paid by companies when somebody is outs ins is budgeted what it is became prominent for implications i saw. that there would be important to have some kind of an island in school legs that but it was a main important problem for our continent late now it's just not the only. signs they finitely the sciences source of all technologies but the very important to one the half now is a problem is that a cave you can create some startup companies be out of deeds it for instance and when you projects at most nonna based on the science and technological.

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welcome back to spotlight on al gore and often just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is not as i'll fill out of nobel prize winner and cochairman of scientific technical board off skulk of no science city project this whole thought of when we when we talked about this this new and this new project in the skull canal which russians are well on already labeling out of the as the second silicon valley well the question that i heard immediately on twitter i realized that this is serious and this is going to happen is that the soviet union had research centers all around the country from france from from did not to novosibirsk they were they were called the so-called no confidence 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 in

one it was a different division sub's russia like other men science they said marion brain shows like that in the science one of the best one it may be. developed well and you know it should be a script i did. i'm going to talk about a good place and sis's yes this is good same typically center and i see an exhibit of would not be just have strong connections visit and i get up and you know from school if i could am going to look in there should be a visit. there easiest places to be camp they cease then we should develop before. but always it's very different the chanche some think this is the start of the grow some new one and if you have. opportunity the girl when you sang typically shout center which wouldn't be

separate from the someone who appear they fit and strong connections but would be develop this some sort of goals and main goals since called it just be me and my question in the roger corman would be for the same keep it console 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 tech technology base in our country well let's see if people in the streets of moscow think that the innovative city and skull cover can change the future of russia spotlights carts on the other has the details from the streets of moscow. how well recently then the beijing sitting skolkovo which is considered to be russia's version of the silicon valley and its 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 what this means is the conflict scientists were assembled to work on certain projects under the supervision 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 on 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 the leap for themselves and lead an interesting life of science. which 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 given one 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. t.v. . because of the trip and there's not a very important one because. we're going to go to put him on his genius yes but the newton school really is a scientist who out of work and in physics chemistry biology bio not a technology microelectronics so. in theoretical mathematics so which

is just in very. for a tickle much of my tics 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 which it 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 at all in or some foreign scientist yes but in my opinion this is a main problem it's not a special law 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 good say a lady it ness that it definitely is not only is the problem of up bottom and that's on it necessity though is a main problem for russia right now is a science must be could have stood by me and the industry and from point of view. in the few new same t.v. sent that it would be viz some a decision will. additional opportunities for science blade important all for the development of new same keep it directions to create new start up companies it's very important for the creation nobs a new branch of the economy so this is i 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 who have scientists who have emigrated to where we went to work in the west and one of 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 what we're doing exert influence our brain to do worry that this is what exactly is this is a main problem right now for science in that are shown for instance the same keep it visits would be requested by state by economy by society nor on would be started to criticize that action that 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 new law that is for

instance my pupils emigrated to grow 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 community leaders 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 say new equipment i can do it for a few hours so 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 europe would be interested in the next very important the one society economy must be our results must be here so do you think this cocoa will be capable of solving the

problem of brain drain. you see a school go itself would not solve the problem of brain drain but in brain exist in any companies for instance in my dream a need for europe scientist. good i've got to hear the united states because because not only because they're as it has better celery and maybe a little bit better condition for life but also because it's the feeling of them they had results and needed to look on and on as a main problem and maint that's what's called to create that's much fear rituals and i did actually reach your church and state but is it then me to be idea of people from as a government would be say or create 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 that each option skolkovo the press has been writing

a lot about skolkovo about this need this new civil and russian version of silicon valley. try it's a good book and the brands trying to attract to 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 if you can still and i was. that they decided that a lot of gotten better would be very good candidate to be my cochairman because he's from stanford he's from a.t.o. of silicon valley but stop all he is very successful in there by anon the technology he is very successful in genetic information problems and. me as a polite physicist and he as specialist in via chemistry and biology would be just

add in that i choose in cause the direction of the church thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest today was just as our thought of nobel prize winner and cochairman of scientific technical board. size city project that's it for now from all of us here the movie back with more for a stand comment on what's going on and outside russia until then stay on r.t. and take care.

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good to have you with us live from moscow this is the with the twenty four hours a day russia is struggling to extinguish almost nine hundred wildfires raging around the country dozens of flights have been grounded in moscow or diverted due to a dense layer of thick small people in the streets where mosques trying to protect themselves from the pollution which is the worst on record got to check on is in the moscow region with more. moscow is covered with a thick blanket of toxic acrid small going to this very small village just outside the city caught fire a few days ago and its residents as well as some three hundred others in the moscow region have lost their homes in the city itself millions are now talking in the smoke which is carrying some very harmful gases like carbon monoxide its consistency in the air exceeds the norm we've seen. you see we use handkerchiefs to

uncover all noses there's new all the way. to asia there's just who god is mercy and sends us rain i mean with much 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 force then peak 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 a really big one really really significant ones and the worst of them are peat fires.