Watch: Russia covers USA, UK, Japan flags on rocket, retains India’s tricolour

The chief of Russian space agency (Roscosmos) Dmitry Rogozin has shared a video showing workers covering up the flags of the US, UK and Japan on a Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, however, they have left the Indian tricolour untouched.

Taking to Twitter Rogozin wrote, “The launchers at Baikonur decided that without the flags of some countries, our rocket would look more beautiful.”

US, UK and Japan have imposed severe economic sanctions on Russia, while India has refrained from directly criticising Moscow for invading Ukraine.