Russia wants U.S. high technologies, not goods.

PALO ALTO (California), March 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia wants U.S. high
technologies rather than shipments of high-tech goods, according to a
senior economic development ministry official.
Oleg Fomichev, head of the department of strategic management and
budgeting, said Russia wants "genuine partnership" and would like foreign
partners to share high technologies through joint ventures and engineering
centers.
"The only thing we do not want is that it all boils down to deliveries
of American equipment," he told Tass on Thursday.
Fomichev, who replaced Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina
at a technological symposium in California, said mostly major high-tech
companies are interested in the Russian market, while companies of a
smaller scope are practically absent in Russia.
"We are interested in all foreign firms without exception that are
ready to invest into joint ventures with Russia. There is room enough for
everyone," he said.
Russia offers its "economy, market and possibility to participate in
economic modernization," he said.
Fomichev said there are numerous innovative ideas in Russia, but in
contrast to the Silicon Valley in the United States there is no
possibility to test them for production purposes.
"Even competitive design is not commercialized. The reason is the
absence of an uninterrupted mechanism to test any worthy idea for
practical business implementation. If it is not quickly commercialized,
the idea becomes outdated in three years," Fomichev said.
He added there is nothing shameful in borrowing foreign technologies.
"Russia can do a lot, but not all," he said, adding high-tech cooperation
is planned with China, India and Brazil.
"The more global the common business is, the better it is for all and
for us, first and foremost," he said.