Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, said in a post on social media that the aim of the sanctions was “to kill the Russian economy and plunge our people into despair and hunger, to bring our country to its knees.” He added: “They will not succeed, but the intentions are clear.” “That is why I believe that the restoration of normal relations between the partners in the International Space Station (ISS) and other projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions,” Rogozin said.
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The West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia over what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine that began on February 24. 0:52 The test of Russian anti-satellite weapons is “dangerous and irresponsible:” The US State Department The test of Russian anti-satellite weapons is “dangerous and irresponsible”: US State Department – November 15, 2021 Despite the tensions, an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after leaving the space station in the same capsule. The European Space Agency announced last month that it had suspended cooperation with Roscosmos for the ExoMars rover mission to search for life spots on the surface of Mars. The British satellite company OneWeb said last month that it had contracted Elon Musk’s SpaceX to orbit its satellites after suspending the launch of 36 satellites on March 4 from the Russian Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan due to imposed on her by Moscow.
