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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who happens to be one of these officials, taunted the U.S.’s ability to use the ISS without Moscow’s help. “I propose the United States delivers its astronauts to the ISS with the help of a trampoline,” Rogozin said. The United States currently pays Russia $60 million for every astronaut who needs to be ferried to and from the station, since America’s shuttle program was recently cut. But NASA officials have not received any official notification about changes in their space cooperation agreements. ## Transcript A Russian official threatened to end U. S. access to the International Space Station this week, as a response to sanctions placed on Russia due to the crisis in Ukraine. The threat reportedly came from Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin, during a press conference. For reference, Rogozin is one of several Russian officials targeted by sanctions from the U. S.. Those sanctions, which were issued in March, focused on officials focused on officials who were involved in Crimea's vote to join Russia. According to the Moscow Times, Rogozin called the U. S. an unreliable partner and threatened to pull out of the ISS by 2020. The Verge reports the ISS is maintained by both the U. S. and Russia. Since NASA's Shuttle program was shutdown, the U. S. currently pays Russia $ 60 million per person to ferry its astronauts to the space station, and had planned to continue working on it until 2024. Rogozin used that U. S. reliance on Russia as leverage, saying. I propose the United States deliver its astronauts to the ISS with the help of a trampoline. According to RT, Rogozin demands for the U. S. to agree to put Russian GLONASS stations or GPS systems on U. S. territory. The U. S. currently has 11 GPS stations in Russia used to guide rockets and satellites. Russia's response to U. S. high tech sanctions also includes a vow to bar the United States from using Russian made rocket engines for military launches. A writer for Mashable says, although the U. S. does need the cooperation of Russia for transportation now, that might not be the case in the near future. NASA did just say a few weeks ago, it plans to bring space launches back to the U. S. by 2017. In an opinion piece for TIME one writer likened the situation to Russia planning to quit selling the U. S. a service it planned on ditching anyway. As for NASA, the space agency said in a statement, we have not received any official notification from the government of Russia on any changes in our space cooperation at this point. Rogozin said the U. S. has until May 31st to begin negotiations on the placement of Russian GLONASS stations on U. S. territory. If that doesn't happen, he's says Russia will cut the operation of U. S. GPS stations on its territory by June 1st. Thanks for watching. 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