American Business Association of Russian Professionals

  By Charles Cooper

Israel and Russia. Besides a common liking for borscht, you'd be hard pressed to find two nations less similar. Yet some very serious people believe Russia is destined to duplicate the Jewish state's astounding success in high technology.

Truth be told, I never considered the connection anything more than accidental, owing to the large number of Russian immigrants who have settled in Israel since the state's founding in 1948. But I've been hearing this theory advanced by a number of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who say it's only a question of time before Russia undergoes an entrepreneurial boom.

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