Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024, SIA cites head of "Roscosmos" Yuri Borisov announcement during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The announcement comes as tensions rage between the Kremlin and the West over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine and several rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia.
"Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made," Yury Borisov, who was appointed Roscosmos chief in mid-July, told Putin.
"I think that by this time we will start putting together a Russian orbital station," Borisov added, calling it the space programme's main "priority".
The International Space Station is managed by the US Space Agency (NASA), Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the space agencies of Japan and Canada. Cosmonauts have been working at the station since 2001.
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