More bad news for Russia:
"In December 2025, two and a half months before the launch (of Crew-12), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was abruptly removed from the Crew-12 mission, with Roscosmos officially citing his "transition to other work". However, investigative news site The Insider reported that Artemyev was expelled from the United States after being accused of violating International Traffic in Arms Regulations by photographing SpaceX engines, documents, and other technologies with his phone and then "exporting" that information. The alleged violation occurred at SpaceX's facility in Hawthorne, California, in late November and prompted an inter-agency investigation. Artemyev was replaced by cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will become the first Russian to fly twice on Crew Dragon, reducing the amount of training required."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-12
One has to wonder if this bit of news is being discussed at the Berlin talks of today!
