"The space was given to Russia on bird rights. It was done by the entire Union – Soviet scientists and engineers, who came from the Soviet education system. This is their industry, not ours. But those people are over. They survived a lot of the system that prepared them. All, go on by yourself.”

Giving money no longer works. It’s like pouring gasoline into a car tank with a broken engine. We need programs for the training of personnel, for the development of science and industry.”
by Konstantin Bogdanov