A sad day when one decides to abandon the international global community, collaboration between nations in the name of science & human collaboration, etc. etc. Russia will be leaving the world community, and severing its last connection to international science.
Russia Says Ditching International Space Station From 2024
An ominous portent. Ending collaboration in favor of what? Isolation? Space weaponization? Preserving financial outlays favoring weapons over science? Just... foreboding.