The aggressor country promises to notify partners a year before the end of cooperation.
Chairman of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia will still stop cooperating with its partners in the framework of the International Space Station . It is likely that the space agency will take such a step because of the sanctions imposed on the aggressor country due to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.
“The decision has already been made, we should not talk about it in public. I can only say this – in accordance with our commitments, we will inform our partners about the completion of our work on the ISS in a year, “- said Rogozin.
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Before that, the head of Roscosmos threatened that Russia could withdraw from cooperation on the ISS if the United States, the EU and Canada do not lift sanctions imposed on the aggressor country. Rogozin later said that “cooperation is still within the government's deadline.”Before the war, the orbital research station remained one of the few regions of cooperation between Russia and the United States. But the unprecedented international isolation of Russia after the attack on Ukraine also affected the ISS.
Last week, three American and Italian astronauts arrived at the station, joining three more Americans, three Russian astronauts and a German astronaut who were already on the ISS. .
NASA intends to use the station by 2030. The American agency sent its astronauts with the help of Russian “Unions”, but now decided to use the services of private companies. So, last week Ilona Maska SpaceX delivered American and European astronauts to the ISS.
On the day of NATO's founding, Rogozin said that the Alliance is “the main threat to the whole world World War II. “ He also published a satellite image of NATO Headquarters and wrote” we are watching you. “
