Russia: Partnership Rehabilitation at International Space Station - only after sanctions are lifted

The head of the Russian Space Agency has announced that due to the economic sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow will not cooperate in matters related to the rehabilitation of the International Space Station

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03/04/2022

Sunday, 03 April 2022, 10:32 Updated: 10:48

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International Space Station (Photo: GettyImages, NASA)

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscomus, has announced that it will stop working with NASA and other Western space agencies on the International Space Station (ISS). After their removal.

"The purpose of the sanctions is to kill the Russian economy, put our people into despair and starvation and bring our country to its knees.

"Obviously they will not succeed, but the intentions are clear," Rogozin tweeted. "I believe that the restoration of normal relations between the partners in the International Space Station and other projects is possible only when there is complete and unconditional removal of illegal sanctions."

Rogozin said Roscosmos would submit proposals to end its work with NASA and other international space agencies to Russian authorities. It is unclear how the decision will affect the space station, as the station does not belong to a particular country. The United States, the European Union, Russia, Canada Cooperation between countries.

In contrast, the Roscomus Agency is critical to ISS operations.

This is because Russia's Federal Space Agency oversees the entire station.

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This is not the first time that Rogozin or the Russians have made such threats.

Last month he issued similar statements, presenting a map of the possible location of the station's fall and noting that it would not be in Russia's territory: The countries that imposed the sanctions are "crazy".

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the US and many other countries imposed heavy sanctions on Russia. These sanctions have led to Russian residents not having access to many Western services, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. The sanctions also make it difficult for Russian businesses to redeem Their profits from online marketplace platforms like Steam.

The ISS is not the first joint space program that is uncertain due to growing tensions between the West and Russia.

In March, Roscosmos said it would not move OneWeb's Internet satellites into space until the UK government sold its stake in the company.

That same month, the European Space Agency announced that it was suspending its joint ExoMars mission with Roscosmos.

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