Russian space chief reassures US partners http://www.mnweekly.ru/national/20081016/55351126.html
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - The global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploration, Russia's space agency chief said Saturday.
Roscosmos director Anatoly Perminov spoke on the eve of the launch of the international space station's next crew aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. http://www.mnweekly.ru/national/20081016/55351126.html