Rumors about Rogozin’s resignation appeared the day before, on July 12, but they were confirmed only on Friday. Was
Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov became the new head of the state space corporation.
Rogozin himself did not comment on his resignation in any way on the Telegram channel, but reposted it on the Kremlin’s TG channel.
Recall that in 2014-2019 Rogozinheaded the commission for the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, and then in 2018 was appointed head of the Roscosmos corporation. He also represented the president in the world on cooperation in the field of space. In 2019, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energia, the main production enterprise of the space industry in Russia.
A video with the results of the reign of Dmitry Rogozin appeared on the Roscosmos website:
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