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Tuesday, 01 August 2006
RUSSIA TO COMPENSATE KAZAKHSTAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY ROCKET
By empty (8/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia will unconditionally honor its obligations and pay compensation to Kazakhstan for the environmental damage caused by the crashed Dnepr launch vehicle, Igor Panarin, spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos, told Interfax-AVN on Tuesday. \"I officially announce that Russia is prepared to make compensation payments for the environmental damage caused, as required by international agreements. We hope that this regrettable incident will not influence Russian-Kazakh cooperation in space exploration,\" Panarin said in remarks about the aftermath of the Dnepr rocket\'s crash 150 kilometers from the Baikonur launch pad seconds after launch on July 26.
Russia will unconditionally honor its obligations and pay compensation to Kazakhstan for the environmental damage caused by the crashed Dnepr launch vehicle, Igor Panarin, spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos, told Interfax-AVN on Tuesday. \"I officially announce that Russia is prepared to make compensation payments for the environmental damage caused, as required by international agreements. We hope that this regrettable incident will not influence Russian-Kazakh cooperation in space exploration,\" Panarin said in remarks about the aftermath of the Dnepr rocket\'s crash 150 kilometers from the Baikonur launch pad seconds after launch on July 26. (Interfax-AVN)