Yes, we at Rusnano help create the market and shift administrative barriers, but we never sell on behalf of our companies, develop products for them or manage their business because startups are fragile creatures that must either evolve or dissolve.

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It is timely and important for two reasons: first, the interest and investment in Shariah-compliant finance in the West continues to grow, and second, the fragile state of our financial system of late is due to the catastrophic impact of toxic financial products designed as highly sophisticated black box solutions to undisclosed market risk.

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