On September 6 this year, Putin visited the Russian far East Amur to inspect the Oriental Space launch site. He said at the time that all plans must be completed on time, including the completion of the construction of the Oriental Space launch site and the launch of super-heavy launch vehicles from the launch site as scheduled in 2028. Putin demanded that Russian space department personnel with a more responsible attitude to complete the relevant work quickly. Now it seems that the situation is not optimistic. Russian President Press Secretary Peskov pointed out that Putin received a comprehensive report that 11 billion roubles were embezzled during the construction of the launch site, of which 3.5 billion. 32 people were charged with corruption. He revealed that Jian A total of 91 billion roubles have been allocated to the project, of which 66 billion have been spent. "Five of the 19 facilities remain unfinished," Peskov said. The Commission is investigating five criminal cases involving the Oriental launch site. Putin said:" It has been said a hundred times: please work transparently. A lot of money has been allocated. The project is a national event. However, hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen. ".

After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Russian government faced many problems to be solved, one of which was the use of space launch facilities. The Baikonur space launch site, the largest space launch center in the Soviet era, is on the territory of the newly independent Kazakhstan. The complexity of bilateral relations between Russia and Kazakhstan has led to twists and turns in the negotiations on Baikonur status. Eventually, the two countries signed an agreement in 1994 to pay Kazakhstan $115 million a year for rent until 2050. Rental of launch sites, on the one hand, will generate high costs, but also affect the normal operation. Putin once said: " The'Oriental 'space launch site will be one of the largest and most ambitious projects in Russia today, and will provide a stage for hundreds of young scientific elites to showcase their talents. " The new launch site will reduce reliance on the Baikonur launch site. Therefore, the Oriental space launch site will play an important role in Russia's future space layout. However, the frequent problems are bound to have a lot of adverse effects on the construction of the launch site.

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The eastern "space launch site is located in the city of Zolkovsky, in the eastern part of the Russian Far East, close to the Trans-Siberian Railway and the newly built Amor Expressway, The eastern space launch site is the first civilian space launch site in Russia for the preparation and launch of scientific, socio-economic and commercial spacecraft. The Oriental Space launch site is in the process of infrastructure development, It included the construction of launch vehicle launch facilities and the project was scheduled to be completed in December 2022. The construction period of the launch site was seriously hampered by the difficulties encountered during the construction process. Mistake. In 2012, the construction project of the space center was suspended because of arrears of wages, and at one time relied on mobilizing students from the far East to maintain the progress of the project. The first launch at the launch site, scheduled for the end of 2015, had to be postponed until the end of April 2016. At present, five launches of the Soyuz-2 rocket have been carried out at this launch site, the most recent of which is July 5. In addition, the first manned flight from the Oriental Space launch site, which was scheduled to be completed in 2018, has been postponed to 2025.

Russian media said that russian president putin said the eastern space launch site construction project hundreds of millions of rubles of funds embezzled. The construction of the first launch facility in 2012 has been accompanied by a series of violations and corruption scandals. From 2014 to 2018, there were nearly 140 corruption cases. Mr putin can't stand the delays in construction and corruption.

The Oriental Space Center is a new space base for Russia's key construction. Why did Mr. Putin have such a fancy to the place? The other launch site, the Baikonur space launch site, has to be mentioned here. For a long time, all Russian manned space launches and the vast majority of space launches have been conducted at the Baikonur launch site in the western part of Kazakhstan. The Baikonur space launch site was established in June 1955, and the Baikonur Space Center is the largest spacecraft and missile launch test base in the Soviet period. In the past 50 years, the Baikonur Space Center has 13 transmitting stations, which can launch manned spacecraft, large-scale launch vehicles and navigation. The skyplane and a variety of missiles, whether from the size of the launch site or from the number of spacecraft and missiles launched, are worthy of the world's largest space launch base reputation. The Baikonur base was too important for Soviet aviation. Sputnik 1, the first man-made earth satellite in human history, was launched from Baikonur on October 4,1957. Four years later, on April 12, the Soviet Union launched the Eastern manned spacecraft in Baikonur, the first in human history, and Yuri Gagarin has since become famous.