The first man in space, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, has been stripped of his honours by the Space Foundation, which censored his name “in light of current world events.” https://t.co/hKsZMBeuc9

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 18, 2022

Both @thetimes and the @guardian published articles today claiming Russian cosmonauts, in a display of great bravery, chose to wear the Ukrainian colors to protest the war. Read this thread and decide if it’s true. https://t.co/a8PD8AUSUa

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 19, 2022