The Russian foreign Ministry called cowardly admission of the state Departments silence about Gagarin

MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. the Message of the US state Department on the International day of human flight into space with no mention of Yuri Gagarin — is disinformation and sneaky technique of the era of posttrade. This is stated on the official website of the Russian foreign Ministry in Facebook.

Earlier on the Russian-language page of the state Department in the same social network there was a message of congratulations to April 12. Celebrate this day of celebration in Russia traditionally is called cosmonautics Day, and the rest of the world — International day of human flight into space.

“59 years ago, was made the first human flight to space,” — noted in the message of foreign policy Department of the USA on greeting card.

“we Remind our colleagues from the U.S. Department of state that the first man in space was the Soviet cosmonaut, his name is Yuri Gagarin, said in response in the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs. Not to mention this is disinformation and sneaky technique of the era of posttrade”.

12 April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first space flight.