Photostream : British Prime Minister David Cameron meets Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger

(Number 10 Gov.UK) Governor Schwarzenegger meets PM at Number 10

British Prime Minister David Cameron (C), reacts as he prepares to greet the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the steps of 10 Downing Street, in central London, on October 14, 2010. (AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT)

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L), gestures as he poses for photographers with the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the steps of 10 Downing Street, in central London, on October 14, 2010. (Photo : Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images)

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) talks to the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, inside number 10 Downing Street, October 14, 2010 in London. Mr Cameron and Mr Scwarzenegger will meet British troops later today at Wellington Barracks in central London. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) watches as Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger (C) talks to soldiers at Wellington Barracks on October 14, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

British Prime Minister, David Cameron reacts as Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a joke about having watched the troops training in the gym, during a visit to The Wellington Baracks on October 14, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd L) talks with soldiers during a visit with the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Wellington Barracks, in central London on October 14, 2010. ( REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool )

Photostream : Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev meets California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) walk during their visit to Skolkovo outside Moscow on October 11, 2010. (Getty Images)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) gives California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a ride in a vintage Soviet-era Chaika automobile at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, October 11, 2010. (Getty Images)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) gives California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a ride in a vintage Soviet-era Chaika automobile at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, October 11, 2010. (Getty Images)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, October 11, 2010. (Getty Images)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, October 11, 2010. (Getty Images)

Medvedev takes Schwarzenegger to Russia's high-tech hub

Dmitry Medvedev and Arnold Schwarzenegger

October 11, 2010 (KATAKAMI) --- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on a visit to Russia's high-tech research hub outside Moscow on Monday.

Schwarzenegger arrived in Moscow at the head of a delegation of high-tech executives and venture businessmen on Sunday.

Medvedev and the California governor set off for Skolkovo, dubbed Russia's Silicon Valley, after a meeting at the president's residence at Gorki.

Schwarzenegger, who played hard-jawed Soviet narc Ivan Danko in a 1988 film Red Heat, said he never thought he would visit the Russian capital as the governor of California.

He said he was impressed by Medvedev's enthusiasm for developing innovative and "green" technologies.
Tycoon Viktor Vekselberg, who is in charge of the Skolkovo project, played down expectations that the Kremlin and Schwarzenegger-led delegation would sign "political" contracts.

He said the visit was "another step towards boosting cooperation between the U.S. and Russian companies."

Medvedev has made modernization the focal point of his agenda and is keen to bring U.S. know-how to Skolkovo. He visited Silicon Valley during his visit to the United States in June. He also met with Schwarzenegger during the trip.

GORKI (Moscow region), October 11 (RIA Novosti)