Amid an ongoing war with Ukraine, and consequent sanctions, Russian workers covered the flags of the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan but kept the Indian Tricolour on its space rocket.
Japan, the US and the UK have imposed economic sanctions on Russia, while India has refrained from directly criticising Moscow for it actions.
“The launchers at Baikonur decided that without the flags of some countries, our rocket would look more beautiful,” the Russian space agency chief tweeted. Britain on Thursday announced new sanctions preventing Russian companies in the aviation and space industry from accessing British insurance and reinsurance services following the invasion of Ukraine. “Russian companies in the aviation or space industry will be prevented from making use of UK-based insurance or reinsurance services directly or indirectly… in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia,” the treasury office said in a statement.
