Some 70 per cent of Russia's exports come from oil, gas and minerals.
But the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants to reduce this dependence on raw materials, and has ordered the building of what some are calling Russia's Silicon Valley - the country's first high-tech science park.
But, as Neave Barker reports,the bigger challenge is stopping Russia's brightest minds heading abroad.
(21 May 2010)
