ists.Vekselberg is one of the three oligarchs who own half of TNK-BP, the joint venture with BP. The UK oil giant is one of the first to work with Skolkovo, agreeing a ??????9m grant to back Imperial College and its Russian university partner for research into oil refining.Ironically, one of the stated aims of Skolkovo is to stop the brain-drain ???C and money drain ???C to cities such as London;