STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS IN MOSCOW The science of today is the technology of tomorrow Edward Teller A PROPOS Probably the most famous Moscow park among the tus of a technopark this summer. The area used to house international community is Gorky Park. This is because a plant for the assembly of Soviet televisions. Today, the the American writer Martin Cruz Smith wrote a detective area is used to manufacture touch screens and interac- novel called Gorky Park back in 1981 – a work that was tive systems that are based on Russian technology. made into a very popular film two years after it was first The first technopark was established in the capital in published. It comes as no surprise that the famous musi- 2007. ‘Strogino” is located on an area of 23,000 square cian Stas Namin named the English-speaking hard rock meters. There are a total of about 20 such parks in the city band he created in 1987 Gorky Park as well. as of today. By the end of 2016, the number of special- Gorky Park remains the main park for leisure and rec- ized territories (technoparks, technopolises and industrial reation in Moscow, but has very little in common with parks) will amount to 60. The total area for these parks the park that existed in its place over 30 years ago. Like will reach almost 670 ha, while the number of residents many things in Moscow, the park has undergone a trans- will amount to over 5,300 people and the number of formation – it is now truly a world-class park where emplyees working in the companies located in specialized tourists and locals can have a great time. zones will total over 40,000. Long-term employment is one of the most important components in the develop- But there are a lot of different kinds of parks that are be- ment of technoparks. Creating new jobs that are based coming popular in Moscow these days – technology parks, in modern industrial facilities is the main message the city for example, are multiplying in front of our very eyes. wants to get across to business today. The authorities are In trying to modernize the capital’s economy and imple- ready to provide tax breaks and take on non-commercial ment new innovative solutions, the Moscow Government risks in the establishment of new projects for those who has been paying special attention to the development are truly interested in working in this field. of technoparks as an integral component of the city’s Moscow technoparks are not the closed off areas that reindustrialization. After all, technological parks are used to be popular during the Soviet era. Technoparks are territories for the accelerated development of innova- open to both Russian and foreign business. So, ladies and tive projects across a single sphere (or several related gentlemen, have no fear – come and work with us! By spheres). One of the best examples of this is “Moskvich” the way, there will be a techopark Olympiad in Moscow (which acquired the status of a technopark in 2012). It in 2016 – the Conference for the International Associa- was established on the territory of the former automobile tion of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP). plant “Moskvich,” which was named after Lenin’s kom- somol. There is obviously no room for Lenin or komsomol in today’s world, but we do have “Moskvich” – one of the Sergo Kukhianidze most large-scale and innovative platforms in the city. Another example is “Temp,” which only acquired the sta- Editor in Chief CAPITAL IDEAS Founder: Department for External Economic and International Relations of the Government of Moscow Address: Tverskaya, 13, Moscow, 125032. 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Today, the space has acquired the Department of Economic Policy and status of a technopark and will be used to together again Development, answered our questions manufacture touch screens and interactive Pierre Helg, the Swiss Ambassador answered in an interview with Capital Ideas systems based on Russian technology. questions from Capital Ideas 20–23 30–35 42–45 24–28 36–38 Face to Face Nothing Ventured Technoparks Otradnoye: – important In search of artificial components in the intelligence reindustrialization For several years, unique products have been under development at Otradonye, of Moscow including innovations in the field of What is a technopark and why does artificial intelligence. This summer, the Moscow need them? Oleg Bocharov, business center on Otradnaya Street Head of the Moscow Department obtained the status of a technopark. of Science, Industrial Policy and 39 Entrepreneurship answers this and other questions in an exclusive City’s graph interview with Capital Ideas. What do Moscovites live on? Profits for Moscow companies 40-41 Moscow in words October-December 2015 CAPITAL IDEAS 3 Nothing Ventured You have to be prepared to use Travel innovative solutions Heinrich Steinhauer, head of the German Zaryadye: a ticket to Nothing Ventured regional bank Helaba in Moscow, the future remembers Russia in the 90s very well. He came to live in Russia right after the German towns voting Aside from technology parks, Moscow is also 1998 crisis and knows first-hand how against the sanctions actively developing recreational parks in the tough things were back then. Today, he is city. The most notable example is Zaryadye confident that Russia will find the strength Karlsruhe hosted the Conference of Russian and Park, which has already been dubbed “the to overcome all of the challenges ahead. German Sister Cities park of the future.” 46–48 54–57 64–71 50–53 58–61 72–75 Nothing Ventured Our interview Our interview Moscow is the place Head transplant? I don't Russia as a to achieve rapid see a problem, but... Western handmade growth He has performed over 1,400 surgeries, each scarecrow is one of them unique. Mr. Dan performs one of Construction and infrastructure the most difficult types of vascular surgery – he inconceivable for continue to be the primary drivers of operates on angiodysplasias. There are only economic growth in Moscow, but there a few clinics in the world that perform the a sober mind have been a lot of changes in these procedure: in Germany, the US and in Moscow, “What’s going on between Russia and sectors. The Swiss company Sika has where professor and MD Vasily Dan works at the West right now is an aberration taken advantage of this new trend. the A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery. – a deviation from the normal path of Sergey Zyuzya, General Manager of historical development,” said former Sika Russia, talks about all these in an Director of the Russian Foreign interview with Capital Ideas. Intelligence Service and First Deputy at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Trubnikov in an exclusive interview with Capital Ideas. 4 CAPITAL IDEAS October-December 2015 Life&Culture This and That Go right – lose your We simulate situations MONEY: horse, go straight – Factoring in all the risks between capitalism find happiness..