Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Yuri Borisov after 2.5 years in charge of the nation's space agency Roscosmos, The Moscow Times reported today (Feb. 6).

In what appears to be a generational shift in leadership, Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired Yury Borisov, 68, as Roscosmos chief and replaced him with Dmitry Bakanov, 39, a former deputy tran

Russia's space agency sees a shift in leadership with Dmitry Bakanov replacing Yuri Borisov as chief. The Kremlin has denied any misconduct by Borisov, emphasizing the move aims to ensure dynamic development within the agency,

The Kremlin said on Thursday that it had named a new head of Russia's space agency to ensure its ability to develop "dymanically" but rejected the suggestion that his fired predecessor had done anything wrong.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov, according to a decree published on the Kremlin’s website.

Yury Borisov, 68, has been removed as head of the Russian Space Agency, known as Roscomos, after a number of humiliating failures of recent launches of missiles and rockets

Yuri Borisov, who served as general director since July 2022, replaced by deputy transport minister, says Kremlin

He was replaced by deputy transport minister Dmitry Bakanov, who before joining the government had been in charge of a satellite company.

The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia's space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three years scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission to the moon in 47 years.

The Kremlin on Thursday removed the head of Russia's space agency after a tenure of less than three years that was scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission to the moon in 47 years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the chief of Roscosmos and replaced him with another official in a surprise shake up at one of the world’s biggest space agencies.