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>>15368251
6 to 8 years, if we're being generous. Most of the Angara stuff can be used to make it happen. What is really gonna take time is any of the proposed payloads for it. Beyond a new Luna mission or space-tug concept, there really isn't anything for Yenisei to launch. The Orel spacecraft is basically Orion-lite and is too expensive to effectively replace Soyuz, which will always be the bread-and-butter of Roscosmos. If China pitches in we could maybe see some elaborate robotic missions and stuff.

I have a dream future where Russia detaches it's half of the ISS before the scheduled de-orbit and nicks off with whatever ESA/NASA junk they can steal. I want the ISS to turn into a shambling space-hulk like the Admiral Kuznetsov. It would be kino.