Dmitry Rogozin, head of space agency Roscosmos, announced Saturday that Russia has terminated cooperation with western countries over the ISS until sanctions end.

    Rogozin claimed the sanctions aim to “kill Russian economy and plunge our people into despair and hunger, to get our country on its knees.”

    “That’s why I believe that the restoration of normal relations between the partners at the International Space Station (ISS) and other projects is possible only with full and unconditional removal of illegal sanctions,” he tweeted.