Venus is a Russian Planet --- say the Russians

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"No longer confined to territories here on Earth, Russia has now staked its claim on Venus, saying it is a "Russian planet."

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"We think that Venus is a Russian planet, so we shouldn't lag behind," Rogozin, a former deputy prime minister, told reporters on Tuesday. He noted that the Soviet Union was "the first and the only one" to land a spacecraft on Venus."


Maybe Tesla really was from Venus, eh?