Essentially this article speaks of Russia cutting the United States out of major space programs and cutting the supplies the United States uses to utilize such research.
Russia feels that the U.S is potentially using rocket engine imports for military purposes, and Dmitry Rogozin said that supply will only continue if Washington can prove the engines are not for military use. Rogozin also threatened to turn off GPS tracking systems if the U.S. does not allow Russia to establish GLONASS satellites on U.S. soil.
Ultimately, if the U.S. fails to comply with demands, Russia will pull out to spend money on more important space programs and leave the large funds required to run the laboratory on U.S. shoulders.
It seems that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the U.S. intervention created a bickering argument that affects facets outside of social reform and IR. Russia is threatening the well-being of space research in partnership with the U.S., the only question I have is what other aspects will Russia blackmail through demands and pull out of and if this conflict between Russia and the U.S. will reverberate for many years to come.
Scott Bishop
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304081804579560303296380332
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