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13-07-2007  Russian govt to invest over Rbl 4 bln in nanotechnologies in 2007 | |
 The Russian government plans to invested 4.2 billion roubles in nanotechnology research and development in 2007. Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko will address the government on Thursday with a report on the development of nanotechnology infrastructure in 2008-2010. “The acceleration of work on nanotechnology is aimed at implementing strategic national projects,” the government press service said on Wednesday. It said the creation of new construction and functional materials: metals, alloys, ceramics and composites. The government is seeking to create, within a short period of time, a scientific, technological and metrological basis for nanoindustry and start creating both nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. The government believes that this will allow Russia to become the world’s nanotechnology leader. Russia will create the Nanotechnology Corporation to coordinate this work. The corporation will be created as a non-profit organisation for carrying out the state innovation policy and implementing promising nanotechnology projects. It will be entitled to form target capital for the achievement of these goals. The corporation’s assets will be formed by way of contributions from the federal government, the federal budget, earnings from its own operations, voluntary contributions and donations. The corporation will be able to act as a federal customer entitled to award contracts for federal needs. In presenting the law “On the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation” on July 4, one of its authors, Yelena Panina, said the corporation will seek to implement scientific, technological and innovation policies, and facilitate the introduction of cutting-edge technologies in Russia, the development of innovative infrastructure, and the implementation of nanotechnology and nanoindustry projects. In April First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia would also create a council on nanotechnologies. “It is really a mega project. Nanotechnologies can change Russia’s economy,” he said. Ivanov pointed out that a program for the development of nanotechnology infrastructure would be adopted soon. “The president has instructed the government to allocate additional 100 billion roubles for the implementation of the mega project,” Ivanov said. President Vladimir Putin said the state would not spare money for nanotechnology, a key element in the development of the defence and other industries. “This is the area of activity where the state will spare no money,” Putin said at Moscow’s Kurchatov Institute on Wednesday. “The question is that work should be organised properly and funds are used effectively,” he said. “Funds have to be invested effectively and produce expected results. It is very important how work is organised,” the president said. “We provided big money but it has to be invested and used effectively and bring results,” Putin said. “It’s hard to understand what nanotechnologies are,” Ivanov said. “Even leading scientists do not fully understand all effects of the development of nanotechnologies,” he said. “It’s like when we created an atomic bomb we did not understand that it would lead to the rapid development of atomic energy and floating nuclear power plants,” Ivanov noted. In his view, there are no doubts about the future benefits of nanotechnologies. Ivanov believes that the development of nanotechnologies can change the Russian economy radically. He named several sectors where nanotechnologies play a big role from the scientific and commercial points of view, including energy, metallurgy, energy saving technologies, medicine, and of new fibres. "Alliance Media" News Agency, based on the story by ITAR-TASS 
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