NASA First crew aboard a Black Sea freighter before beginning water survival training recently. According to my information the first crew will go in the year 2000, not earlier.
Financial delays are the reason.
As its economy continues to melt down, Russia, which has more experience in long-duration space travel than any other country, has proved unable to keep up with its obligations. We are sitting here without money. The launch of the module by Russia has been set for next April, with the first crew arriving aboard in July. And then they worry about providing the Soyuz spacecraft to us later. Russia is due to launch the first module of the International Space Station in November, with the second U.S. part coming in December.