Russia says it will quit International Space Station after 2024

Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos, says Moscow will fulfil obligations to ISS partners before quitting project

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's space chief has said, in a move that will end a symbolic two-decade orbital partnership between Moscow and the west.

Yuri Borisov, the newly appointed head of the space agency Roscosmos, said during a meeting with Vladimir Putin that Russia would fulfil its obligations to its partners on the ISS before leaving the project.