David Owens leads Project Management in Russia for Arup, a global firm of designers, planners, engineers and consultants that is involved in the Skolkovo Innovation Center project. Here he talks to Modern Russia about Skolkovo and infrastructure projects in Russia.

Just the size, population and natural resources alone should make Russia one of the most attractive investment countries in the world, but slow political and legal reform has meant that Russia still remains an uncertain place to do business.