Lawmakers are anxious about budget sequestration for GLONASS system. “A cut in GLONASS federal program funding will lead to a reduction of the orbital grouping system below acceptable levels, amid working GPS and Galileo systems and developing COMPASS this would lead to loss of confidence among the international community to the GLONASS system and, consequently, to a reduction in its use globally. Russia will lose a strategic global instrument of political and economic prestige,” First Deputy Head of Duma’s Industrial Committee Vladimir Gutenev explained. Read More
