Facing a slew of economic sanctions, Russia has hit back and decided to cease its work on the joint space projects with Europe and US, and instead collaborate with China.
Russia’s Space Corporation `Roscosmos’ chief Dmitry Rogozin said he has given an order to his team to begin negotiations with Beijing on the coordination and technical assistance pertaining to the deep space missions including Venera-D’, the country’s first mission to Venus after the Soviet era.
“Under the conditions of sanctions, US participation in the project is impossible,” RT quoted Rogozin as saying.
On Saturday, Roscosmos announced to suspend cooperation with Europe on space launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine, Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.