Russia is trying this with Skolkovo [1]. They're even equipping it with an (supposedly, though I wonder where they'll be drawing their manpower from) independe

Russia is trying this with Skolkovo [1]. They're even equipping it with an (supposedly, though I wonder where they'll be drawing their manpower from) independent police system to try to isolate it from the institutional corruption that's usually considered the main barrier to foreign investment. [1] This was partially subject to HN discussion a few days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1409194 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1409194