“My confidence is founded on the high degree of interest that companies from Silicon Valley have demonstrated in relation to the Russian project. I should say that Skolkovo was able to attract not only American companies. A number of high-tech companies from other countries also joined the project.”

In January 2010, the Russian government approved the federal target program designed to bring a new technology platform for the nuclear power industry based on fast reactors.

Russian political analysts believe that a new conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia is impossible. International affairs experts in Russia also believe that the reaction of the West constitutes the acknowledgement of Russia’s position on the situation in the Caucasus.