Congratulations are published on the Roscosmos website.
“Today we want to wish all the inhabitants of our multinational country and the world: take care of yourself and loved ones, be healthy, attentive to each other and be together, this is the most important thing, because together we will overcome everything.
Happy New Year, Happy Holidays! "
- said Ryzhikov.
He noted that 2020 has become "a serious test for the entire planet."
“But all of us, the inhabitants of the Earth, have again proved that any pandemic is powerless if all humanity unites in the struggle for the most important thing that we have - life,” the astronaut said.
In turn, Kud-Sverchkov recalled that 2020 was a jubilee year for the ISS - 20 years ago, the first international crew began working on it.
Earlier it was reported that the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, congratulated the military and veterans on the New Year.