Cosmonaut Kornienko responded to astronaut Kelly's accusations against colleagues from the Russian Federation

Hero of Russia, cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko responded to the insults of American astronaut Mark Kelly, who accused his Russian colleagues of theft and irresponsibility.

"I don't comment on idiots. <...> How can you steal something from orbit? <...> Russophobes," the Russian cosmonaut said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru».

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On the same day, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted in an interview with Izvestia that the Russian cosmonauts stole from the United States only the victory in the space race. This is how she commented on the statement of the American politician and former astronaut Mark Kelly, who called the Russian cosmonauts "thieves."