Tot i que la versió oficial és que OpenSpace va tancar per ordre del seu inversor, Vadim Beliàiev, perquè no era viable econòmicament, hi ha qui creu que la veritable raó era de caire polític.
Although the official line is that OpenSpace was closed at the behest of its investor, Vadim Belyaev, because it lacked financial viability, some think that the real reason was politics.