Rogozin, 58, will be replaced by Yuri Borissov, 65, who until then held the portfolio of deputy prime minister in charge of the Russian military-industrial complex that also includes the space sector.
Borissov replaced Rogozin in the post when he became head of Roscosmos in 2018.
In this position, Dmitry Rogozin has distinguished himself from the dull world of Russian bureaucrats with memes published on Twitter or raucous and provocative tirades on Telegram.
In five years in this position, however, he has failed to halt the decline of the Russian space industry, plagued by obsolescence, lack of innovation and corruption.
In 2020, Russia lost the monopoly of shipments into space with its aging but reliable Launchers and Soyuz spacecraft with the arrival on stage of SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk.
Bellicose statements
Since the Russian offensive against Ukraine on February 24, Rogozin, who was also Russia’s ambassador to NATO, has distinguished himself by his bellicose statements towards the West, praising the destruction that Russian nuclear weapons could inflict.
Russian-Western cooperation in the space field has also been weighed down by Russia’s assault on its neighbourHis replacement comes from the ranks of the military.
