Olympics: Russia seeks to regain superpower status Russia is seeking to win a treasure trove of gold medals across a dozen sports at the Olympics to remind the world it remains a sporting superpower two decades after the USSR's collapse.
Equipment at Baikonur will last for 10 years onlyAnd it is not by accident that by this time Russia plans to build a cosmodrome of its own [Vostochny] in its own territory: National Space Agency’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2015.