Russia remains a key rival in space for the United States, despite the sanctions imposed on it. This is stated in the annual threat assessment published by US intelligence agencies. DEA News.
According to the report, US intelligence said that the potential of the Russian space sector and the implementation of “long-term space goals” are based on sanctions, “numerous problems in our own space sector” and “competition for resources between different departments”.
As noted in the document, in such conditions Russia is likely to focus on developing space communications, geolocation and intelligence as areas of critical importance to national security.
Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov declarationThat the United States and its allies are trying to devalue agreements to prevent an arms race in space and do what they want.
According to him, Russia is particularly focused on developing a multilateral legally binding instrument to prevent an arms race in space.