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Russia needs S'pore expertise
Elizabeth Wilmot
Fri, Nov 28, 2008
The Straits Times

 

SINGAPORE can offer its expertise to Russia in terms of implementing innovative ideas and production unit construction, said a Russian governor on Friday.

'Russia is famous for its innovation, which is something we can offer to the world, but we are not so good in implementation of these ideas. So here we would like to have Singapore's help,' said Mr Valery Shantsev, governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region.

'The necessity to create factories and some production units in Nizhny Novgorod region is obvious because if we only limit ourselves to the goods from outside, then it will be too expensive.


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