posted 07-11-2024 11:02 AM               

"Three European citizens, detained while trying to get into the Baikonur Cosmodrome, were given administrative punishment by the 26th Garrison Military Court and ordered to leave the territory of the complex," said a source familiar with the situation.

Baikonur has long attracted extreme tourists. Thus, in 2022, British citizen Benjamin Rich and Belarusian citizen Alina Zelupa were detained there. They made their way to launch pad No. 112, where the second flight copy of the Soviet Buran spacecraft is located.

Sometimes such "excursions" end tragically. A month ago, two Frenchmen tried to get to the cosmodrome - one of them died from dehydration. The second was unable to help his comrade on his own, and when they managed to call rescuers, he was already dead.