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Russia is speeding up work to create national space station — Roscosmos

According to the head of Roscosmos, now the Russian side is working on the ISS on a regular basis and will continue to work there until it decides to withdraw from the project

BAIKONUR /Kazakhstan/, October 13. /TASS/. Russian space corporation Roscosmos is intensively working on creation of a national space station, Yury Borisov, head of the state corporation, told reporters on Thursday.

"We are speeding up work on the creation of the Russian space station," Borisov said.

According to the head of Roscosmos, now the Russian side is working on the ISS on a regular basis and will continue to work there until it decides to withdraw from the project.

"The exit envisages lengthy procedures," he added.

On July 28, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Borisov announced that Russia had decided to withdraw from the ISS project after 2024, but it would fulfil all obligations to partners. On July 29, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel, the head of Roscosmos explained that the exact date for Russia's withdrawal from the ISS program would depend on the state of the station.

Later, Borisov told reporters that cooperation on the ISS project would depend on the technical condition of the station and with high probability it would last until 2028.