The head of “Roscosmos” fired an official of the Vostochny cosmodrome

Dmitry Rogozin

The head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin fired Evgeny Rogozu, General Director of the Vostochny Cosmodrome Directorate. This was reported in the state corporation's Twitter account.

The press service also reported that Rogozin reprimanded the general director of TsENKI Andrey Okhlopkov and the chief engineer of TsENKI Vladimir Zhuk.

This happened after it became known about the arrest of the head of the Vostochny cosmodrome Roman Bobkov. He will be in custody until December 22. The arrest is related to the charge of incitement to abuse of office.