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[email protected]). 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 5 Main Findings and Policy Recommendations 7 Chapter 1. From Steady to Sustainable Growth: The “Diversification through Innovation” Imperative 23 Chapter 2. The Russian Innovation System: Main Features, Strengths and Weaknesses 29 Chapter 3. Russian Innovation Policy: Achievements and Shortcomings 53 Annex 1. Complementary Statistics and Information 75 Annex 2. List of “Megaprojects” 89 Annex 3. International Conference on Public-Private Partnerships for Innovation: Programme 93 Appendix 97 FOSTERING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INNOVATION IN RUSSIA – 922005041P1/ISBN 92-64-00965-5 – ©OECD 2005 INTRODUCTION - INTRODUCTION This report presents the results of an OECD-Russia co-operation project carried out under the aegis of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy. This project was initiated upon a request from Andrey Fursenko, Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, and implemented under the responsibility of an organising committee co-chaired by Boris Simonov, Director-General, Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of the Russian Federation, and Daniel Malkin, Head of the Science and Technology Policy Division of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI). The report examines how relations between the science base an