"The Kurchatov Institute is designed to serve as a model for organising all national research centres. As you may recall, we plan to set up five to seven such centres. <…> In effect, we will introduce entirely new elements into the formation of Russia’s innovative infrastructure. We will adopt modern methods of management and scientific research to form a single chain based on fundamental groundwork and ending in technology, resulting in real prospects for high-tech science-intensive markets."
Vladimir Putin At a meeting on establishing the Kurchatov Institute research centre
