Putin Open to Foreign Investment in Troubled Russian Spaceport
- Russia wants to attract investors to Vostochny cosmodrome
- New $3 billion space center is behind schedule and over budget
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President Vladimir Putin’s push to attract foreign investors to Russia has now moved to the final frontier -- space.
Russia’s ready to invite foreign partners to help develop its new Vostochny Cosmodrome, Putin told delegates Thursday at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.