“We have in our program the topic of renewed exploration of Venus.

First, it is the Venera-D project jointly with the Americans.

We are also considering a separate mission to Venus, ”he said.

According to him, Venus is a "Russian planet", so there is nothing to be left behind.

"Projects of missions on Venus are included in the draft of the unified state program of space activities of Russia for the period 2021-2030," he added.

Earlier in "Roskosmos" stated that projects on the development of the moon could become a factor in cooperation between Russia and the United States.