MINSK, April 17. /TASS/. Europe will lose much more because of its sanctions against Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos and in the long run the West will have to resume cooperation with Russia, but on Russia’s conditions, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said on Sunday.

"To my mind, these sanctions will affect Europe more than Roscosmos. We will only lose time from the point of view of the implementation of certain plans of deep space exploration. But from the point of view of the implementation of our national programs, everything will be implemented as scheduled," he said in an interview with Belarus’ ONT television channel.

According to Rogozin, professionals in the West understand that "it (sanctions against Roscosmos - TASS) is insanity." "I know such people both in NASA and in SpaceX <…>. I know such people in Europe. They think that what is going on is horrible. Because it ruins their own plans, hopes and dreams. They understand that these are inadmissible actions of bureaucrats," he said. "Those who impose sanctions have nothing to do with space exploration."

"Cooperation will be resumed in this or that format, but it will be resumed with other focuses," he stressed. "Because we will now work first of all with those countries, which have either constructive or, at least, neutral position. And when the dust settles, those who imposed sanctions will have to speak with us on our conditions.".