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Putin Says No Issue Can Be Solved Without Space Technology Today

© POOL / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting with crew members of the 21st visiting expedition to the International Space Station
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting with crew members of the 21st visiting expedition to the International Space Station - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.04.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There are no issues that can be solved today without using space technology, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
"Today, without space, it is impossible to solve any effective tasks on earth at all. These are increased defense capabilities, modern new materials, medicines, logistics, and movement... Therefore, this is an important topic. We are paying and will continue to pay the necessary attention," Putin said at a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, as well as Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and first Belarusian female cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya.

Cosmonautics Day is celebrated in Russia and some other post-Soviet republics on April 12 to commemorate the first manned space flight by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.

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