Silicon steppe

Via Slashdot, I find this interesting article about Russia pumping money into a high-tech centre to rival Silicon Valley. It’s based around the existing academic centre of Akademgorodok, near Novisibirsk. I have a gut feeling that it won’t work… On the other hand, if they put money into a new tech centre in the Russian Far East, which I’ve been keeping an eye on ever since I started blogging, something might come of it; that’s potentially a much more happening area…