Roskosmos

Vladimir Putin has fired the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. A corresponding decree was published on the Kremlin's website; no reason for the dismissal was given. Rogozin's successor is to be Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who is responsible for the military-industrial complex, which in Russia includes space flight. In the course of Putin's war of aggression on Ukraine, Rogozin had repeatedly attracted attention with aggressive statements.