S8 Ep910: Anatoly Zak reports that despite sanctions and corruption scandals, Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-5 rocket, a joint project with Kazakhstan designed to replace Ukrainian technology. While international commercial prospects have vanished, Russia i

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

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Anatoly Zak reports that despite sanctions and corruption scandals, Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-5 rocket, a joint project with Kazakhstan designed to replace Ukrainian technology. While international commercial prospects have vanished, Russia is pivoting toward domestic military payloads. Development continues on the Angara family of rockets, though the program faces significant spacecraft production delays. (15/16)
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1:37.7	We're going to Russia, the Russian Federation and Ruscosmos. The oldest and the most successful of all manned space operations
1:45.2	today is busy. Over these last years, Anatoli's Act, keeping the Russian space web,
1:51.2	has been chronicling Roscosmos, and it's been gloomy. It was appearing to be a has-been.
2:00.2	No money coming in. Lots of corruption scandals in the new
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2:09.7	space because of the war in Europe and because Vladimir Putin wasn't interested. But suddenly,
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