Moscow is a city heading in opposite directions. Look southwest from the deck of 02 and there's the tower housing Rus-Nano, a $5 billion state-funded nanotech foundation that aims to foster "top-down innovation." Not far from there is Digital October, part of a techie complex that features an art institute and bar, an outdoor amphitheater, and a nightclub named Progressive Daddy. These roughly reflect the priorities of Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's current President, who has sought to diversify Russia's oil-addicted economy and turn Moscow into a high-tech hub.
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