The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Dmitriev welcomed the NASA post about Gagarin

Cooperation between Russia and the United States in the space sector will prevail. This statement was made on April 13 by Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

This is how he commented on the NASA publication on the occasion of Cosmonautics Day, in which the agency honored the first flight into space of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

"NASA paid tribute to Gagarin. Cooperation will prevail," he wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Russia has proposed to the United States to expand space cooperation. What you need to know

Dmitry Bakanov, Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, announced on April 12 that Roscosmos and NASA had agreed to synchronize the completion dates of work on the International Space Station (ISS). The head of Roscosmos also added that he would meet with new NASA administrator Jared Isaacman to discuss cooperation.