Russia tells the US to take astronauts to the International Space Station 'with the help of a trampoline' in Ukraine sanctions row

A row over hi-tech experts under new Ukraine-related sanctions has sparked a major row over the International Space Station.

Extensive cooperation in space between Washington and Moscow came under renewed pressure after the United States banned high-tech exports to Russia.

Russia pledged tit-for-tat measures in revenge for U.S. sanctions it said would hit its space industry, a symbol of national pride and a sphere of fierce competition with the United States dating back to the Cold War.

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