KOROLEV, Oct 26 We must strive to develop competition in the space sector, adjust market mechanisms so that private companies have real opportunities to compete for government orders, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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"As in all other sectors of the economy, in the space sector we need to strive to develop competition, adjust It is market mechanisms that create real opportunities for private companies in the space sector to compete for government orders. Now it’s quite difficult for them to get there,” Putin said on Thursday at a meeting on the development of the rocket and space industry.
This is largely due to the fact that government agencies, as a rule, receive Roscosmos services and products free of charge, he explained.