Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Russian Deputy PM Rogozin: Sanctions Threatens U.S. Astronauts On The Space Station

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a communication session with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) on Cosmonautics Day during his visit to the Amursk Region, April 12, 2013. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti

Russia Makes Threat Against American Astronauts On The Space Station -- Examiner

According to a Tuesday story by AFP, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin made an implied threat against American astronauts on the International Space Station. He made the threat in response to fresh American sanctions that Rogozin suggests is directed against Russian defense and aerospace sectors. The sanctions are in response to continued Russian aggression against the Ukraine.

"If their aim is to deliver a blow to Russia's rocket-building sector, then by default, they would be exposing their astronauts on the ISS," he is quoted as saying.

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More News On Russian DPM Rogozin Remarks That Sanctions  Threaten U.S. Astronauts On The ISS

U.S. high-tech export curbs threaten space work with Russia -- Reuters
New Russia Sanctions 'Could Affect' U.S. Astronauts On ISS -- Radio Free Europe
Trampoline to Space? Russian Official Tells NASA to Take a Flying Leap -- NBC
New US sanctions could affect American astronauts on ISS: Moscow -- Economic Times/AFP
Russian official warns U.S. sanctions will "expose" astronauts on International Space Station -- WDRB
US wants to drive Russia out of space launch market by sanctions - Russia's Deputy PM -- Voice of Russia

My Comment: The blow-back begins.

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