cosmonaut tics, and everybody has specialfeelings today, the pride cosmonaut tics, and everybody has special feelings today, the pride of the generation who did this national heroic breakthrough at the same time as the belief in our future and strength and our continuous development. cosmonautics day. we believe we will complete all set goals and i m confident this will happen. from my heart i congratulate you all, all our citizens, of russia and belorussia, all of our compatriots, our cosmonauts and the staff of the space centre. special words to the military here and space forces. these forces are all intricately connected. we are aware
president putin has been speaking today after he met the belarusian president lukashenko during a visit to the centre no space centre. let s hear what he had to say. translation: hear what he had to say. translation: , ., ., ., ., ., translation: good afternoon, dear friends. translation: good afternoon, dear friends- more translation: good afternoon, dear friends. more than translation: good afternoon, dear friends. more than 6000 translation: good afternoon, dear friends. more than 6000 years - translation: good afternoon, dear friends. more than 6000 years ago i translation: good afternoon, dear. friends. more than 6000 years ago on april the 12th 1961, aleksandr grigoryan, yuri gagarin, made a first in history humanity went into space and in the memory of this hero s deed we celebrate the day of cosmonaut tics, and everybody has special feelings today, the