SpaceShipRussia has decided to help India in making an indigenous manned spaceship by providing the technology used in developing Souyz spacecraft. The project is expected to be completed by the year 2020.

Regarding the issue, a senior official said, "The Indian side intends to use the experience of building the manned spaceship Soyuz to advance in building their own spaceship. We will build this spaceship on a similar technical scheme, but it will not resemble Soyuz."

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