Shit - this is annoying. Especially because of the satellite's purpose:
This was the first mission in the "Earth Opportunity Missions" program of the European Space Agency (ESA), which aims to solve scientific problems using relatively small and cost-effective satellites. The satellite was the first to have a novel radar altimeter that can distinguish individual ice floes with very high spatial resolution and measure their thickness.
Hopefully the project will be restarted ...
I also find the Russian share interesting because of the swords-to-plowshares mentality involved: the rocket was a converted intercontinental ballistic missile ...