MOSCOW. June 30 (Interfax-AVN) - The construction of the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region in Russia's Far East could begin as early as next year, deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Viktor Remishevsky told Interfax-AVN.
"If the Economic Development Ministry says that hundreds of billions of rubles in investment could be provided from 2012, the construction could start from 2012. If a year earlier - in 2011. But we must draw up all documents before starting the construction. I think we will keep to the 2011-12 timeframe," he said
The cosmodrome has been under development for a second year now. The funding for designing the cosmodrome has been provided regularly, Remishevsky said.