Posted: October 6, 2009 |
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(Nanowerk News) Russia will channel 318 billion rubles ($10.6 billion) into development of nanotechnology by 2015, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
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"By 2015, 318 billion rubles will be channeled for this purpose," Medvedev said at the opening of an international nanotechnology forum in Moscow.
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He said Russia was facing the "immodest" task of becoming a global nanotechnology leader, using and adapting foreign experience for the domestic market and attracting investors. He added that sales of Russian nanotechnology products could reach 900 billion rubles ($30 billion) by 2015.
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"We want to lead the process, and we have the intellectual potential, the organizational skills and the finance," the president said.
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"I hope we will be able to make nanotechnology, the nano industry, one of the most powerful sectors of the Russian economy," Medvedev said.
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In 2007, Russia established the state-run Nanotechnology Corporation, which takes a longer-term view in selecting promising Russian and international projects for investment.
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However, Medvedev said, the lack of personnel could hamper Russia's nanotechnology drive.
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"According to experts, our country will need a serious number of 100,000-150,000 [nanotechnology] personnel. The lack of workers remains a very serious obstacle to developing nanotechnology in earnest in Russia," he acknowledged.
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The president also said Russia could involve its compatriots abroad in nanotechnology projects.
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