The Russian Academy of Sciences has proposed a plan to divide the Moon so that Russia gets its own “sovereign territories”

Leave it to Russians to divide a land that doesn't belong to them and that they have no means to exert control over.

How about we divide russia instead so we can give some lands back to the country that were assaulted

Mf barely are advancing in Ukraine and they want a piece of the Moon?! Talk about universal levels of delusion

lol - they’ve never even stepped on it (I’m also pretty sure, the first ever successful Russian lunar mission will send people with some moon guns… after the eventual success of the lunar base)

Someone should teach the Russian Academy of Sciences to read - the UN Outer Space Treaty says "outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty".

Typical Russian behavior.

I propose dividing Russia so everybody who Russia originally stole land from can get it's own "sovereign territory"...

Dear hoarders. 1) You already have 70% of undeveloped land - maybe do something about that first - it's more readily available than the moon I guess. 2) Wake up. You ain't callin the shots even in your own zone anymore and there are plenty of states with stronger global projection now and they do not make such ridiculous claims. 3) I bet you can't even get there anymore.

I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism: SPACE!

Maybe they can launch a special military operation on the Moon 🤣

The weaker the military, the more megalomaniacal the government becomes.

Sounds more like a German reserving a pool spot with a towel.

For all Mankind

Taking our shit to solar system now

It’s a gray area. Edit: /s for pun measure.

Can we NOT lay claims to the damn Moon Antarctica-style?! Anyway ofc its Russia

Russia has pretty much squandered all the space capabilities they inherited from soviets. These days they can barely launch few satellites, never mind go to the moon. This is just an desperate attempt to sound relevant while their space program lies in ruins.

Don't make me laugh, they have somewhere between zero and absolutely nothing for their budget. They aren't building shit to get to the moon.

No objections to move russia onto the moon.

Can’t even take the donbass, forget about the moon you cretins.

The Russian Academy of Sciences are unaware of The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 Leave it to the Russians to flagrantly violate treaties

They can’t even handle Ukraine, never mind the moon.

Russia. Selling moon real-estate since 1965. BTW the original scammer of that lived in a mansion made of marble after he expatriated from Russia and moved to Boise, ID up in "the Nines". It's goddy af.  

The moon belongs to me. It is mine. I will not share with Russia. 

Is that why russia is bombing every square meter in Ukraine? They want to turn it into a lunar landscape.

Let’s disband the Russian Academy of Sciences instead.

Doesn't that violate like, every treaty regarding space ever signed?

So the 1998 *Battlezone* game was accurate.

no. No, NO NooO.

How about there will be no ones territory on the moon but shared space

Not that treaties mean much anymore but the 1967 outer space treaty stated that no nation could claim sovereignty over outer space or any celestial body. I guess they could clam it wouldn’t violate it since they are only claiming a part of it

Man my friends and I did this shit decades ago when we were kids. Keep up, Russia! 

I would just direct them to the following site: https://lunarregistry.com/ For a small fee, Putin can pretend to own a piece of the moon which is as close as they will ever get to landing there.

It may sound a bit selfish, but as a Ukrainian, can I ask to move the whole Russia to the Moon?

Maybe Russia should be more concerned about keeping their earthbound ships safe from a country that doesn't even have a navy, before they start getting worked up about spaceships 😂

It's the plot of For All Mindkind

I call dibs on Uranus

Space colonialism is political opportunism.

Wait for Trump to acknowledge Russias right to the Moon and then offer to lift up sanctions pressure and investments in exchange of some of the territories. Another big win! 

first they need to land someone there

smallest countriest get the biggest piece good ?

Wow. Look who wants the moon.

Did they start looking for a safe haven? May be Trump should arrange their one way travel to the moon.

Can't wait for Trump to be jealous he didn't think of that and try to claim the "bigger half".

Why not let them - and then just invade and take it all over. It's not they are going to defending it. And everyone could hand them yet another hiding.

And do what with it? Charge a Moon tax?

Lol. They need to reach it first

Thats cool, me and my drinking buddies have decided to divvy up Alpha Centauri among ourselves. I also own a few comets that are about 90% diamonds. My wealth exceeds all of human history. Just you wait till it gets here. Any-day now.

Anyone remember [Battlezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game))? Russia vs US fighting on the moon for control of exotic resources. There was an expansion where China joins the fight. Absolutely incredible game 👌👌

Clowns are at it again

They're just trying to grab headlines lmao. They can barely launch satellites

No. 

Fascists will always fascist. 🤷‍♂️

That was a fortunate coincidence of timing.

Tell you what go touch it first.

Have we checked if the Treaty of Tordesillas can be applied?

Special 3 day lunar operation.

When all this bullshit ends, they should be thankful if they get to keep the moscow oblast.

Sounds like them….. claim it even though they’ve never been there

For the USA it’s oil, for Russia it’s territory, for China it’s ancient maps.

imo they can have whatever they want in the Andromeda galaxy

Is for all mankind a true story that is just off by a few decades?

Some one’s getting anxious that they have completely lost the plot in the space race

by the time russians land on the moon, ,mars will be colonized.

Can we please leave our petty and destructive Earth politics on Earth and just treat space as a clean slate, instead?

Rest of the world: lol no.

moon war baby

Only nations that have put boots on the ground should get a say in dividing the moon.

For all mankind Apple series coming to life

Aliens: HAHHAHA. No.

For all mankind trying to be real as hard as it can be. Mad.

Is there a part of the moon that looks like Europe? An area like the Baltics and UKR? Do they think that China is going to cede more territory to them? India is probably laughing also.

Don’t they need to step foot on it for claismies? Also, why would other space faring nations, especially growing ones, want to give such privileges to *anybody*?

Okay. How about getting to the moon to the first place?

moonwars

Maybe russia should try and finish that 3 day special operation thats been taking years first lol

Because of course they would.

Just like Ukraine.

The moon should not be divided. Coexist and become friends.

They should use tgeir tanks to invade...the turrets are already on the way.

Gotta land some people there first...

Can Russia even afford to go to the moon?

lol, Russia should first propose how to denazify it self, and how to end its occupation of land that doesn’t belong to them here on earth.

didn't they just crash their lander recently?

You want it, come put a flag on it.

They really are stuck back in the 19th Century "Realpolitik" nationalistic mindset that led Europe to WW1. Apparently, they only learned about Communism and Nationalism in school, when they got rid of the Communism, that just left them with a totalitarian nationalist mindset and a set of robber barons to plunder resources. I'd feel sorry for them, but I don't.

I'm all for it as long as we can send the entire Russian elite on a one way ticket to the moon.

How'bout sticking your flag on it?

We can't get there yet, save some dirt for us. Kthxbye.

Russia can't even capture a small village in rural Ukraine. Capturing the Moon may be a bit of a stretch

Do you remember the board game Risk? Where you had to conquer the earth with your armies? There was a SF version, too. With underwater areas, and the Moon! It was expensive to go there, so no one did initially. But once the first player launched, everyone struggled to get there too. To not leave easy regions to one player by themselves... Maybe we reached those stages now. Late game, when there is not enough easy pickings on earth left...

No! Nobody gets to own the moon! Shut this nonsense down!!

there will be no "Earth" and "Mars" like in scifi, rather dominions and nations like the New World.

So we can have moon wars?

They're trying to Donbas the Moon

Belgium gwtting the congo like

Of course they do.

I'm sure Putin's man in the White House would happily divvy up the moon between Russia and the US

Russian scientists propose Russian plan to secure Russian territories on the moon that by treaty doesn’t belong the Russia, or anyone for that matter.

Wars are started by two things. Resources and faith.

Russia can't even get through Donetsk so how are they getting to the moon?

While we're at it we should go on and divide up Space so we get our own portion to explore SMH

Go ahead, take it.

Me too! I want the north dark side! Its mine.

Is this a farside cartoon? Where the papa bird tells the baby bird, " someday son, this will all be yours".... (while standing on a rhino)

This a spoiler alert for Season 5 of For All Mankind that just started?

Or what if, and hear me out first, russia can eat a d***?

*Russia proposal to divide a celestial body among several nations* *Portugal and Spain*: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.

Is potato

Hey, look... The gas station with the fascist/nationalist warmongering manager wants world leaders to take it seriously.

Sorry but there’s something I have a feeling that there’s something out there that’s not going to let us leave the planet unless we sort out this petty bullshit we have here first.

Of course they did

Step one go to the moon Step two grab the moon Well, just skip step one

Sounds like something from for all mankind.

What we all could achieve when we would just work together

Have you had enough of Earth war? Get ready for SPACE WAR

\*Plan to invade and annex surface to protect minority of russian speaking landers.

Funny Russia is spending it's wealth and younger generation on war, but want a part of that lunar real estate. Looks like China and USA are going to put bases there. I wonder if "space based weapons" have faster strike times than earth launched ICBMs

And so the long prelude to lunar warfare begins..

Actually a great idea Mr. Putin. Send the entire armed forces to the moon. In fact. Send most russians to the moon. You can all have it for free once you land. Wish you a safe trip. Don't vome back. Okay bye.

Da, it is historically Russian. We want to protect the russian speaking public´s safety there. Also: We have to have it because uhh.... Nato or something is threatening our peaceful ways of murder, genocide and pillaging. Why are you so russophobic you cant understand this?

Sure, divide its land into 50 pieces and give it to each state of the USA.

Here's a proposal: How about we do not let the Russians decide over territories that do not belong to them? Instead, how about the Earth's Moon becomes a territory for all of humanity to explore and benefit from?

Did this academy know about this?

How much space do they need? Can we just give them some planets and be done with them? They can't even handle what they've already got

As a Lunarian, we don't consider ourselves Russian. We are a proud people who want democracy and a right to self governance. We may not like American military bases here but they're a whole lot better than Russian ones!