Just to say - because I came across this in quora and others might also, this is early 2014 news - and someone else should do a proper update answer with the latest on this.
But meanwhile just to say, this was seriously misreported at the time by many journalists. The Russians didn't say anything of the sort. For a more accurate account of the announcement, which did have implications for the US, but not so extreme as the news reports at the time suggested, see Casey Dreier's account on planetary.org
No, Russia Did Not Just Kick the U.S. Out of the Space Station
But meanwhile just to say, this was seriously misreported at the time by many journalists. The Russians didn't say anything of the sort. For a more accurate account of the announcement, which did have implications for the US, but not so extreme as the news reports at the time suggested, see Casey Dreier's account on planetary.org
No, Russia Did Not Just Kick the U.S. Out of the Space Station
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