Head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozinknown for his bluntness and nationalism, was removed from office this Friday by presidential decree Vladimir Putin and will be appointed to a new position.
Shortly after the publication of the decree, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the news agency. TASS that the appointment will take place “in due time”.
Peskov did not provide details, but assured that Rogozin’s departure from Roscosmos it’s not because of the Kremlin’s dissatisfaction with his work.
Known for his controversy
58-year-old Rogozin will be replaced by 65-year-old Yuri Borisov, who until now was deputy prime minister in charge of the military-industrial complex. Russiawhich includes the space sector.
Borisov served in the Soviet and then in the Russian Army for 20 years.
Head of the Russian Space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin He was known for his memes on Twitter or provocative rants on Telegram.
However, during his five years in office, he failed to reverse the decline of the Russian space industry, aggravated by a lack of innovation and corruption.
With the beginning of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, Rogozin, who was also the ambassador Russia before NATO, he made belligerent statements against the West, pointing to the destruction that Russian nuclear weapons could cause.
The change comes in the context of growing tensions between Russia and West. Russians and Americans accuse each other, including military ambitions in space.
November 2021 Russia admitted to carrying out a test launch against one of his old satellites in orbit after Washington accused him of endangering the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) with the launch. (AFP)
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