ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) — According to the RDIF CEO, the Japanese side is interested in infrastructure and advanced technologies and willing to invest in such projects in Russia. Dmitriev said that Japan showed interest in the Russian-Chinese project of a medical robot.
"The fund is considering large industrial and middle-sized or even venture projects in a number of industries… We are also ready to help Japanese and Russian companies to localize their businesses in [Russia, Japan], although we will favor the projects 'from the scratch.' We are hoping to announce first examples in the near future," Dmitriev said.
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