This is TBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelor. To Vastachny, the vast new spaceport built in

Siberia by the Roscosmos.

Vastachny building all these years has seen a spectacular event they've been waiting years for.

The successful launch of Angara, the new line of boosters developed by

Roscosmos over many years that has been interrupted by war fighting and

shortages. I welcome

Ekaterina Zolotova writing for geopolitical future. She's in Moscow.

Ekaterina, it's wonderful to see Roscosmos, which is the famous Rask Cosmos of manned space flight,

but still a new line of boosters.

They've been waiting for years.

However, you publish the remarks that Angara has been held back by engineering, but also

by the war in Ukraine.

How so?

Good evening to you.

Good evening.

Well, the launch of Angara was very important for Russia.

First of all, it happened exactly on the very important day, the cosmonetic day,

it happened on the 11th of April,

and for Russia to be in this space,

it's very important right now.

There is also a geopolitical meaning. It's not only connected

with all of this connection with the internet and so on, but Russia wants to be the power that has the presence in the space and wants to develop its space program, of course.

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