EBRD will invest € 1 billion in nanotech projects in Russia .

Leaders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the state corporation "Rosnano signed Monday a memorandum of understanding, which, inter alia, provides for joint funding of nanotechnology projects in Russia, reported in" Rosnano. The memorandum, signed by the head of Rosnano "Anatoly Chubais and general director of Bank of Russia Alan Piyyu, the priorities for co-financing identified such areas as energy efficiency and energy efficiency and, medicine, microelectronics and nanoelectronics. According to Chubais, the amount of credit - up to € 1 billion - is unprecedented in this field. In turn, Alan Piyyu noted that one of the objectives of the Bank is developing an innovative economy. "We believe that Russia has enormous scientific potential. And we hope that in the medium term, we find such projects and will fund them, "- he said