The astronaut told how the Americans congratulated him on the annexation of Crimea.

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Russian test cosmonaut, Colonel of the Air Force, Hero of Russia Anton Shkaplerov made three expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2011/2012, 2014/2015 and 2017/2018. All three times he went to the ISS as the commander of the Soyuz spacecraft. He has a total of 533 days 05 hours and 31 minutes of flight, of which 14 hours 28 minutes were spent in outer space.



It should be noted that Shkaplerov was born and raised in Sevastopol, so it is not surprising that when he spoke with reporters on March 14, 2019, he remembered the events of five years ago. He told how on March 18, 2014, his American colleagues and colleagues from other countries together congratulated on the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia. At this time, he (Shkaplerov) was in Houston (USA), where he was trained as the commander of an international crew at the NASA center.

At that time, for five years I was in Houston, at NASA, undergoing training as an international crew commander. Due to the time difference, nine o'clock, I received congratulations when I was sleeping, and in the morning, opening my phone, I saw hundreds of SMS, congratulations, missed phone calls from people from different regions <...> When I came to work, my astronaut friends congratulated: Americans, Canadians, Japanese

- said the astronaut.

Shkaplerov added that many of his colleagues (astronauts / astronauts) were in Crimea at exercises where they practiced landing in case of splashdown. Therefore, it is clear and obvious to them why the inhabitants of the peninsula wanted Crimea to become Russian. Although the astronaut already learned about the fact of the reunion from the congratulations of his colleagues.
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