Skolkovo fund to sign agreements with LUKoil, Rosatom

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RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED December 13, 2010

The Skolkovo foundation, which supervises the eponymous innovation hub outside of Moscow, will sign cooperation agreements with state nuclear corporation Rosatom and oil company LUKoil on Monday, the foundation said.

The deals will be signed at an all-Russian innovation forum. Skolkovo foundation head Viktor Vekselberg and Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko will attend the ceremony.

Skolkovo is being built from scratch 20 kilometers west of Moscow. The center will focus on research in five priority spheres: energy, information technology, communication, biomedical research and nuclear technology.

The fund and American technology company Intel signed a similar agreement on Thursday.

Topics: Rosatom

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