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Putin Says Space Exploration With U.S. Will Go On Amid Sanctions
- Joint space programs with U.S., EU will continue, Putin says
- Russia provides transport for U.S. astronauts to space station
Vladimir Putin visits the Space Pavilion at the VDNH (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) in Moscow on April 12.
Photographer: Maxim Shipenkov/AFP/Getty Images
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Russia wants to continue international cooperation in space and won’t break off programs with the U.S. in retaliation for its latest economic sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said.
“We aren’t going to break off anything here or leave these programs,” Putin said Thursday during a visit to a space exhibition center in Moscow to mark Cosmonauts’ Day. “We have the technology and the desire” to take part in projects that Russia has with U.S., European Union and Japanese partners to explore the Moon and Mars, he said.