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Russia could place nuclear weapons in space to destroy all American satellites and deprive the United States of communications and intelligence. Kari Bingen, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Aerospace Security project and former Pentagon intelligence officer, stated this on the podcast “The truth of the matter,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is a development...
In the near future, the Russian army will increase the number of attacks on targets located in Ukraine and even destroy the Starlink helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said this in an interview with American TV presenter and blogger Andrew Napolitano, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I think we will now see a significant uptick in these types of attacks. They have already attacked NATO targets, let’s call them...
The first Belarusian female cosmonaut successfully arrived at the ISS today. In addition to her, the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft includes the commander, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and American astronaut Tracy Dyson. The flight was not without drama. Initially, the launch was scheduled for March 21, but the launch was automatically canceled due to equipment problems. Ill-wishers started talking about problems at Roscosmos. However, on Saturday the repeat...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is afraid that his American colleagues will kidnap the first Belarusian cosmonaut when she arrives at the ISS. He stated this today during a video conference call with Marina Vasilevskaya and her commander Oleg Novitsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I’ll just ask you. There is also an American segment on the station. Make sure the Americans don’t have it there...
The Belarusian cosmonaut will fly into orbit this spring. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this today at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I will also mention that a Belarusian cosmonaut is being trained for a flight to the Russian segment of the International Space Station. This event is planned for the spring of this year,” Putin said.…
Russia lags behind the United States and China in the development of space energy. Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Arefiev stated this today at a press approach in the State Duma, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have MIREA - a technological university in Moscow. He is engaged in scientific research in the field of space energy. They contacted me several times to enter the financing program...
Not using the factor of nuclear weapons in the Northern Military District is Russia’s mistake. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin spoke about this today on Vesti FM, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are not trying to raise the stakes for the West and escalate the war. My personal conviction: the West is ready to escalate only as long as it does not concern it. Absolutely disappeared...
The crash of the Luna-25 spacecraft could be due to the fact that imported microelements were used in its equipment. Alexander Losev, a member of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy of the Russian Federation, stated this today on the air of the Vesti FM radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “Perhaps this is the wrong orientation of the device in space, the sensors are not the same when the braking impulse of the thrust was directed...
Brussels is preparing an “EU Space Security Strategy”, which will be officially adopted by the European Commission in March 2023. Its goal is to protect EU citizens and critical infrastructure from what is happening high above the surface of the planet. This was stated at the 15th European Space Conference in Brussels by the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell and...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko flew to Moscow today and visited the Gagarin Research and Testing Cosmonaut Training Center to meet with six Belarusians who are being selected for space flight. In total, interviews were conducted with more than three thousand people. It is expected that after the New Year the main and backup candidates for space flight will be determined. Medical commission...
Roscosmos is interested in cooperation with Belarus. The head of the state corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, stated this on the air of the Vesti FM radio station today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Republic of Belarus is interesting for us in the space sector for two reasons. Even according to the post-Soviet distribution of responsibilities between the republics, several enterprises were created in Minsk that were part of a single space industry. The most important of them...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko continues to dream of being awarded the military rank of colonel in the Russian army. At the beginning of the year, he spoke about this in an interview with Vladimir Solovyov. Then the Kremlin refused, citing the fact that Lukashenko is a citizen of another state. However, today in the Amur region, a Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist reminded Russian President Vladimir Putin about Lukashenko’s dream, the correspondent reports...
On the eve of Cosmonautics Day, two capsules of descent vehicles were installed on Cosmonaut Alley in Simferopol. Both visited low-Earth orbit, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The open-air cosmonautics museum on the alley near the Cosmos cinema is being created by the Sputnik association. First of all, two busts of cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev were installed here. Two years ago, Roscosmos donated two antennas to the association...
A spaceship carrying the world's first film crew docked to the ISS today. A native of Sevastopol, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov had to dock manually, because... There were problems with the automation. This flight is unique in that the commander controlled the Soyuz alone, without the help of flight engineers, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. But the crew includes Actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko. They will stay...
