Russia

Crocus Technology, a spin out from France’s Atomic Energy Commission, has secured $300 million to build a semiconductor foundry in Russia, with $245 million coming from the state-owned nanotechnology investment fund Rusnano

The European aerospace group EADS has agreed to collaborate with a new aerospace research centre, which is due to be built near Moscow.

Roche has granted Russian start-up Viriom Ltd a licence to develop and commercialise potential novel treatments for HIV/AIDS patients in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

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The preliminary findings of an investigation into the innovation performance of Russia and Ukraine placed them 27th and 35th respectively out of 36 countries considered in the study.