The fact that it is specifically Van Heide they say goodbye to is perhaps more disturbing than the implied threat that they’d let the ISS deorbit. He is scheduled to return on Soyuz, so this compounds the threat with a strong suggestion that they wouldn’t take him down despite prior agreement to do so.
I sure hope NASA is figuring out how to open up a seat for him on one of the upcoming crew dragon flights. Even if Russia does let him come down on Soyuz, I doubt he or NASA want to participate in what seems like a growing propaganda campaign by Rogozin.
