{"id":1417937,"date":"2022-04-04T12:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417937"},"modified":"2022-04-04T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:15:15","slug":"russia-threatens-to-end-international-cooperation-on-space-station-if-sanctions-arent-lifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-threatens-to-end-international-cooperation-on-space-station-if-sanctions-arent-lifted\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Threatens to End International Cooperation on Space Station if Sanctions Aren\u2019t Lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-threatens-to-end-international-cooperation-on-space-station-if-sanctions-arent-lifted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417937&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-russia\">Russia<\/a>\u2019s space agency Roscosmos will halt its cooperation with international partners like NASA on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-international-space-station\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS), citing crippling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-sanctions\">sanctions<\/a> designed to \u201ckill\u201d the Russian economy.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Rogozin, the chief of Roscosmos, made the announcement in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rogozin\/status\/1510154502770470914?s=20&#038;t=UxTVfxNdhjqCnfExX-AdmA\">series of statements<\/a> on Twitter, in which he said that collaboration on joint projects like the ISS would only resume when the sanctions are lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the International Space Station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rogozin\/status\/1510155505884409859?s=20&#038;t=UxTVfxNdhjqCnfExX-AdmA\">Rogozin said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, which the Kremlin calls a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d to disarm its neighbor and topple its government, Western allies imposed sweeping sanctions, including export bans on key technologies.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden ordered high-tech export restrictions against Moscow that he said were designed to \u201cdegrade\u201d Russia\u2019s aerospace industry, which includes its space program.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Rogozin suggested the U.S.-imposed measures could \u201cdestroy\u201d ISS teamwork and lead to the space station falling out of orbit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4110378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/11\/17\/RTROPTP_4_SPACE-STATION-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4110378 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/11\/17\/RTROPTP_4_SPACE-STATION-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"The International Space Station\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, on Oct. 4, 2018. (NASA\/Roscosmos\/Handout via Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>In his newest remarks on Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rogozin\/status\/1510155330214313986?s=20&#038;t=UxTVfxNdhjqCnfExX-AdmA\">Rogozin said<\/a> the sanctions were unacceptable and, unless they\u2019re lifted, the \u201cISS will die by its own death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogozin said that the sanctions from the United States, Canada, the European Union, and Japan \u201care aimed at blocking financial, economic and production activities of our high-tech enterprises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Roscosmos chief shared letters he had written to NASA and other agencies requesting their intervention in getting the sanctions lifted, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe position of our partners is clear: the sanctions will not be lifted,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rogozin\/status\/1510155226006933505?s=20&#038;t=UxTVfxNdhjqCnfExX-AdmA\">Rogozin wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of the sanctions is to kill the Russian economy, plunge our people into despair and hunger, and bring our country to its knees,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rogozin\/status\/1510155414846988293?s=20&#038;t=UxTVfxNdhjqCnfExX-AdmA\">he continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Rogozin said he believes the sanctions wouldn\u2019t accomplish their intended aim, they\u2019re grounds for terminating cooperation between Roscosmos and its international partners.<\/p>\n<p>Rogozin did not specify when the cooperation on the ISS would come to a halt, only that detailed proposals for the timing of severing ties would be put to Russian leadership \u201cin the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to NASA and the European Space Agency for comment on Rogozin\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The space station was established in part to improve American-Russian relations following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Cold War hostility that drove the original U.S.\u2013Soviet space race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-tom-ozimek\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tom-Ozimek.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Ozimek\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom Ozimek has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education. 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