The American cosmonaut and the head of Roskosmos staged a tough skirmish in social networks because of the sanctions

US astronaut Scott Kelly, the longest-serving American astronaut in space, is actively and very effectively campaigning on his Twitter to counter Russian propaganda and unsubstantiated attacks by Dmitry Rogozin (head of Roscosmos), reports ITC.

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Interestingly, Scott Kelly tweets in Russian and yesterday he managed to bring Dmitry Rogozin to clean water - in response to skillful trolling, he switched to personal insults and threatened to destroy the ISS.

After Russia invaded Ukraine and unleashed a full-scale war, and the US and the EU imposed unprecedented sanctions, including against the aerospace industry, which only hastened the already inevitable end of the Russian cosmonautics, which has been parasitizing on the Soviet legacy for the past decades. And then Rogozin, as you know, broke. Last week, in response to US sanctions, Dmitry Rogozin said, we quote, "Let them fly into space on their brooms." Shortly after that, Elon Musk reacted - the leader of SpaceX very subtly teased Rogozin, showing what the "American broom" actually looks like.

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At the same time, Scott Kelly surpassed Elon Musk in trolling Dmitry Rogozin. He wrote: “Dimon, without these flags and the foreign exchange they bring in, your space program won't be worth a damn. Maybe you can find a job at McDonald's if McDonald's still exists in Russia.”

Screenshots: Twitter

To the tweet of Roskosmos that employees of the enterprises of the Russian rocket and space industry supported a special military operation in Ukraine, Scott Kelly wrote: "Hey @Roskosmos, this 'special military operation' is called a war and seems to include war crimes committed by Russian forces."

Screenshots: Twitter

Dmitry Rogozin did not come up with anything better than calling the American astronaut an "idiot" and threatened to destroy the ISS. Interestingly, Rogozin almost immediately deleted this tweet, but, as you know, you can’t hide the sewing in a bag - screenshots with evidence remained.

Screenshots: Twitter

Let's hope that the reaction of NASA, given the events in the past (in 2021, Russia threatened the safety of the ISS crew at least three times) and direct threats will not be long in coming.

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The piquancy of the situation is added by the fact that Twitter has been blocked in Russia since March 4. And Scott Kelly did not miss the chance to poke Rogozin.

He wrote: “Dimon, I thought Russia blocked Twitter. Do you have a VPN, or are you just that special?”.

Screenshots: Twitter

Rogozin blocked Scott Kelly on Twitter.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On the night of February 24 began full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine.
• In the light of these events in Russia and around the world, protests against the invasion of Ukraine
• US and UK imposed broad economic sanctions against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine.
• February 25 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit down at the negotiating table. Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk (Belarus) for negotiations with Kiev. He specified that the delegation will include representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the presidential administration.
• In the USA there were large-scale rallies in support of Ukraine.
• Pope Francis visits the Russian Embassy February 25, to personally "express his concerns about the war" in Ukraine, which made an unprecedented deviation from diplomatic protocol.
• European Union, USA and UK imposed sanctions and froze the assets of Putin and Lavrov.
• The United States declared its readiness to start accept refugees from Ukraine.
• February 26, the world famous and one of the most popular groups of hackers Anonymous recorded a video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. They promised to find all "skeletons in the closet" and "leave no stone unturned".
• As it became known, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Sean Penn is located in Ukraine and is making a documentary for Vice about events in the country.
• February 28 The world's largest aircraft An-225 was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it caused alarm and sadness among the aviation world, in which it occupies an almost cult status.
• On the same day, the United States and France called on their citizens immediately consider leaving Russia.
• From the very beginning of the invasion, many actions took place around the world in support of Ukraine. How it was in the USA, see our material.
• On March 1, the United States asked 12 Russian diplomats from the United Nations leave the US accusing them of "espionage activities" as Russia continues its advance into Ukraine.
• March 2 Russian businessman Alex Konanykhin offered a $1 million reward for dead or alive Putin.
• Airbus and Boeing refused to work with Russia, this endangers almost the entire civil aviation of the country.
• March 3 CEO and founder of the Russian TV channel "Rain" announced the suspension of the channel. This is due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Which of the Hollywood stars supported Ukraine, and who was on the side of Russia, read here.
• What Russians living in Ukraine say about the war, you can find out in our material.
• Which companies left Russia and how it hit the economy, read on link.
• Where citizens of Ukraine can receive special services in Poland - by link.
• The US State Department has warned citizens of Ukraine that the US Mission in Ukraine does not currently offer visa services. That's it services provided in Germany.
• Meanwhile, the killers tried to kill the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at least three times since Russia invaded his country on February 24.
• In Russia, the situation with free media is becoming more and more difficult. Even relatives of Ukrainians from Russia do not believe in shelling of Ukraine.
• Russian diplomats announced persona non grata, left the US, and the Russian airlines stop international flights.
• Meanwhile at the International Court of Justice in The Hague began consideration of the claim of Ukraine to Russia. The subject of the lawsuit is allegations of genocide.
• Russia began active preparations for shutdown from the global internet.

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