Launch aborted of Russian Soyuz spacecraft seconds before blast-off

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With SpaceX being a proven and reliable US based crewed launch provider, why do they use Soyuz at all?

For political reasons. They're trying to keep the cooperation going.

100% this, as bad as relations get with Russia this is an area where we show we can work together, even if only for reasons of historical signifignace