L’Agenzia spaziale russa afferma che la rottura con l’Occidente le è costata 2,1 miliardi di dollari
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/05/russian-space-agency-says-break-with-west-cost-it-21-bln-a85941
di BkkGrl
L’Agenzia spaziale russa afferma che la rottura con l’Occidente le è costata 2,1 miliardi di dollari
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/05/russian-space-agency-says-break-with-west-cost-it-21-bln-a85941
di BkkGrl
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FAFO. Are we supposed to feel sorry for Russians on the home front after what their compatriots have been doing since February 2014?
My sympathy has gone totally to the Ukrainians as they’ve been compelled to fight for their very existence *again* in the face of a [vile centuries-old “cultural project” that’s wholly Russian-made](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification_of_Ukraine).
The bottom line is that all of the technical, financial and cultural benefits that Russians were getting via [Wandel durch Handel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandel_durch_Handel) since the 1990s *still* weren’t enough to prevent them from going along with or participating actively in yet another violent attempt to stamp out **non**-Russians.
Raking it in year after year through large and regular sales of fossil fuels to Europe wasn’t enough.
Having unsanctioned ability to buy Western brands wasn’t enough.
Having the option of repeated summer vacations in Europe wasn’t enough.
Having expanded educational opportunities via student exchanges with universities in the First World wasn’t enough.
Having access to meaningful and steady collaboration for cultural and technical projects with us in the First World wasn’t enough.
2.1 billion seems relatively low for such an important agency. I suspect the reality is higher.
so 21$ bln I guess.
On a side note, there shouldn’t be russian astronauts on board the ISS, after they displayed the flags of the occupied territories back in 2022. [NASA Rebukes Russian Space Agency After Cosmonauts Display Occupied Ukrainian Flags](https://www.rferl.org/a/nasa-rebukes-russia-cosmonauts-ukraine-flags/31934431.html)
>Russia’s space agency Roscosmos on Monday said the break in ties with the West following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has cost it nearly 180 billion rubles ($2.1 billion).
>”The termination of contracts by unfriendly countries cost Roscosmos 180 billion rubles,” Roscosmos deputy head Andrei Yelchaninov was quoted as saying by the state-run Interfax news agency.
>Among the collaborations suspended after the invasion was a planned joint mission to Mars with the European Space Agency. Roscosmos also halted launches of its Soyuz rockets from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
>Yelchaninov said the agency planned to make up for the lost revenues by doing more business with countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
>”As for the returning to the volume of exports we had before sanctions, we are setting this target,” he said.
>”But this is a long-term project since competition is strong in all these new markets,” Yelchaninov was quoted as saying. “If we penetrate the markets correctly, the prospects are very good.”
>Russia’s space sector has struggled with financing problems, corruption scandals and setbacks such as the loss of the Luna-25 lunar module in August 2023.
It’s a minor issue, but to someone who loves space, it’s a tragedy to see how Russia squandered one of the finest space programs, the legacy of the USSR.
They have no perspective and not enough resources and qualified workers to get back on track. Making that thug Rogozin the leader of Roscosmos was the nail in the coffin.
It is not like Russia has any future in space anyway. Roskosmos is (and was) a joke.
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That’s strange. How can that be? A true mystery.
Fuck the Russian pigs.
Repent and stop doing what you’re doing to Ukrainians.
I can’t give a crap about any Russian complaining, whinging, whining or whatever for the rest of my life.
Stop making noise like anyone cares. Just publish it on North Korea’s intranet while your rubbles last.