The United States is continuing to buy Russian rocket engines which it once added to the list of sanctions, said Alexander Stadnik, Russia's trade representative to the US.
The ban was lifted when the US realized its dependence on Russian rockets for its space program, according to him
They [the US -Ed.] must have understood that they needed this Russian equipment for development of rocket technology, otherwise they would have to limit themselves in a series of expensive projects. It is evident that this is the reason the supply of our engines was continued," Stadnik told RIA Novosti.
He said Moscow and Washington continue the contracts which Russian rocket maker Energia (NPO Energomash) signed in January worth $1 billion with the US Orbital Sciences Corporation for the delivery of sixty RD-181 engines.
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