Huge progress as Russia's $5 billion cosmodrome is readied for first launch.
Vostochny Cosmodrome will 'improve life in the Far East and upgrade its industrial base'.
Tripling of workers needed to ensure success, says deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin.
Vostochny's debut blastoff will be next year, hopefully spring, a delay of at least four months.
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Target for cosmonauts to fly from Vostochny spaceport in 2018 is scrapped.
As it arrives, cosmodrome is hit by claims it is victim of 'fraud of the century'.