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Moscow accused Washington, on Sunday, of “misleading” against the backdrop of messages from the US authorities on the occasion of the celebration of “International Manned Space Flight”, which ignored “the first Russian national hero, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin”.
On Sunday, the US State Department published a short message on its Facebook account in the Russian language for the 59th anniversary of its first manned space flight, without mentioning Gagarin.
On the website of the ministry, the article published to celebrate this world day did not include the name of the Russian astronaut, according to Agence France-Presse.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded immediately through a post on its Facebook account, saying, “It is wrong information and cunning technology for the post-truth era.”
In turn, the director of the Russian Space Agency Dmitry Rogozin, on his Twitter account, responded to the messages of the US State Department on the occasion of this day. “.
It is noteworthy that on April 12 of the year 1961, the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to perform a mission in orbit around the earth, preceding the Soviet move, the American astronauts landing on the moon in 1969.
Since 2011, the United Nations has officially designated April 12 as World Manned Space Flight Day.
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Moscow accused Washington, on Sunday, of “misleading” against the backdrop of messages from the US authorities on the occasion of the celebration of “International Manned Space Flight”, which ignored “the first Russian national hero, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin”.
On Sunday, the US State Department published a short message on its Facebook account in the Russian language for the 59th anniversary of its first manned space flight, without mentioning Gagarin.
On the website of the ministry, the article published to celebrate this world day did not include the name of the Russian astronaut, according to Agence France-Presse.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded immediately through a post on its Facebook account, saying, “It is wrong information and cunning technology for the post-truth era.”
In turn, the director of the Russian Space Agency Dmitry Rogozin, on his Twitter account, responded to the messages of the US State Department on the occasion of this day. “.
It is noteworthy that on April 12 of the year 1961, the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to perform a mission in orbit around the earth, preceding the Soviet move, the American astronauts landing on the moon in 1969.
Since 2011, the United Nations has officially designated April 12 as World Manned Space Flight Day.
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