Russia brought over the US "uranium hammer"
The question now is whether the Russian Federation should mirror the United States of America and the countries of the European Union to their economic sanctions. Some believe that such an answer is necessary. Others hold the view that by mirroring Russia will do more harm to its own economy than to the Western one.
The complexity of the problem is clearly visible on the example of leading Russian state corporations - Roskosmos and Rosatom. Even today, after the United States introduced a series of prohibitive measures for the supply of military-industrial complex products, close cooperation between the United States and the Russian Federation in the field of space remains. Roscosmos delivers American cosmonauts to the International Space Station for a fee. To illustrate Russia's benefits in such cooperation, one can cite figures: for the delivery of 36 NASA astronauts into orbit, the Americans paid Roskosmos $ 2,276 billion. A contract for the supply of Russian rocket engines RD-1 and RD-180, which the United States puts on its Atlas and Antares, is estimated at $ 181 billion. The Russian budget also makes money on supplies of Soyuz-ST launch vehicles to France, for launches in French Guiana.
The United States has its own developments in the field of engines and cooperates with Russia in the field of space only because Russian is cheaper to buy. If the Russian Federation refuses to supply, for example, RD-180 and RD-181, the Americans will be able to replace them with their own high-tech products, but Roscosmos will remain without a sales market, which is very narrow, since rocket engines, and even in large volumes, - This is not hot cakes on market day.
Rosatom has similar problems. The United States imports 95% of enriched uranium, half of which comes from Russia and Kazakhstan. If the Russian leadership is in a pose, then the place of the Russian Federation as a supplier will be replaced by competitors. The Russian state corporation has also signed a number of agreements on the construction of nuclear power plants in Europe, for example, Hanhikivi-1 in Finland and Paks-2 in Hungary. The loss of these contracts for political reasons can be a painful blow for Russian industry.
In connection with the foregoing, the Russian leadership is forced to be cautious in retaliatory measures to Western countries so as not to shoot themselves in the foot. The government imposed a ban on Roskosmos and Rosatom to sign contracts and agreements with companies from countries that introduced anti-Russian sanctions. However, existing agreements will not be revised or terminated. All new agreements can be concluded only by political decision with increased control by the government.
However confrontational policy The United States cannot go unanswered. For example, it was decided to moderate the appetites of Americans regarding Russian participation in the project of the near-moon station Deep Space Gateway:
For technological safety reasons, it was decided not to allow the US to transfer Russian space of technologies.
The complexity of the problem is clearly visible on the example of leading Russian state corporations - Roskosmos and Rosatom. Even today, after the United States introduced a series of prohibitive measures for the supply of military-industrial complex products, close cooperation between the United States and the Russian Federation in the field of space remains. Roscosmos delivers American cosmonauts to the International Space Station for a fee. To illustrate Russia's benefits in such cooperation, one can cite figures: for the delivery of 36 NASA astronauts into orbit, the Americans paid Roskosmos $ 2,276 billion. A contract for the supply of Russian rocket engines RD-1 and RD-180, which the United States puts on its Atlas and Antares, is estimated at $ 181 billion. The Russian budget also makes money on supplies of Soyuz-ST launch vehicles to France, for launches in French Guiana.
The United States has its own developments in the field of engines and cooperates with Russia in the field of space only because Russian is cheaper to buy. If the Russian Federation refuses to supply, for example, RD-180 and RD-181, the Americans will be able to replace them with their own high-tech products, but Roscosmos will remain without a sales market, which is very narrow, since rocket engines, and even in large volumes, - This is not hot cakes on market day.
Rosatom has similar problems. The United States imports 95% of enriched uranium, half of which comes from Russia and Kazakhstan. If the Russian leadership is in a pose, then the place of the Russian Federation as a supplier will be replaced by competitors. The Russian state corporation has also signed a number of agreements on the construction of nuclear power plants in Europe, for example, Hanhikivi-1 in Finland and Paks-2 in Hungary. The loss of these contracts for political reasons can be a painful blow for Russian industry.
In connection with the foregoing, the Russian leadership is forced to be cautious in retaliatory measures to Western countries so as not to shoot themselves in the foot. The government imposed a ban on Roskosmos and Rosatom to sign contracts and agreements with companies from countries that introduced anti-Russian sanctions. However, existing agreements will not be revised or terminated. All new agreements can be concluded only by political decision with increased control by the government.
However confrontational policy The United States cannot go unanswered. For example, it was decided to moderate the appetites of Americans regarding Russian participation in the project of the near-moon station Deep Space Gateway:
The Americans became interested not only in the possibility of unifying the gateway module, but also wanted to get into their hands all the technical developments of the Russian side, offering for this approximately $ 15 million
For technological safety reasons, it was decided not to allow the US to transfer Russian space of technologies.
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