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Thursday, 02 June 2005
KAZAKH, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MARK BAIKONUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY
By empty (6/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev attended a ceremony on 2 June at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to mark that facility\'s 50th anniversary. In remarks at the ceremony, Putin thanked Nazarbaev for \"a principled, far-sighted policy\" that will permit Russia to lease the launch facility until 2050. The two also laid the cornerstone for the planned Baiterek space center, \"Kazakhstan Today\" reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev attended a ceremony on 2 June at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to mark that facility\'s 50th anniversary. In remarks at the ceremony, Putin thanked Nazarbaev for \"a principled, far-sighted policy\" that will permit Russia to lease the launch facility until 2050. The two also laid the cornerstone for the planned Baiterek space center, \"Kazakhstan Today\" reported. Russia has leased Baikonur for $115 million a year since 1994. (ITAR-TASS)