Academy of Sciences of Heroesland

Menty, try to explain it to him, otherwise he's completely out of it.

In short, some people simply don't care about the idea. And if, in modern, post-Soviet Russia, there's talk of something significant in science, and attempts are made to create scientific centers studying NANOTECHNOLOGY or other high-profile topics, it usually turns out to be empty rhetoric, designed to attract funding. Science is done in well-established research institutes that have been around since the Soviet era, and it usually doesn't generate much hype, although people in the know understand that science doesn't stand still, and it's thanks to these research institutes.