posted 07-15-2022 09:54 AM               

Putin picks former deputy PM Borisov to head Roscosmos

Earlier, the Russian president relieved Dmitry Rogozin from the post of Roscosmos chief that he had held over the past four years

Russian President Vladimir Putin relieved Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov of his post as deputy prime minister and appointed him to head the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, according to the presidential decrees posted on the Kremlin's website on Friday.

"In accordance with subsection 'e' of article 83 of the Russian Constitution, Yury Ivanovich Borisov is hereby relieved from the post of deputy chairman of the government of the Russian Federation," one of the decrees reads.

According to his other decree, Putin appointed Borisov as head of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos.

Also on Friday, the Russian leader relieved Dmitry Rogozin from the post of Roscosmos chief that he had held over the past four years. Rogozin was appointed as the Roscosmos head on May 24, 2018.

Borisov's career

Borisov served as Russian deputy defense minister in charge of the Russian army's rearmament from November 15, 2012 to May 18, 2018.

From May 18, 2018, he held the office of a Russian deputy prime minister. In 2018-2020, Borisov oversaw the domestic defense industry in the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and took over Dmitry Rogozin's previous post as the vice-premier in charge of the defense sector. He kept his post in the government of new Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin formed on January 21, 2020.

During his tenure in the Russian government, Borisov was in charge of state policy in industry, the defense sector, defense procurement, technological and nuclear engineering supervision, development of the Glonass orbital satellite cluster, military-technical cooperation with foreign countries, law-enforcement activity, civil defense and equipping the Russian state border. He also supervised Russia's Urals Federal District (from July 2021).

posted 02-06-2025 09:11 AM               

Yuri Borisov was dismissed from the post of General Director of Roscosmos State Corporation

The President signed the Decree "On Borisov Yu.I.".

Release Borisov Yuri Ivanovich from the post of General Director of the State Corporation on space activities of Roscosmos.

This Decree shall enter into force from the date of its signing.

posted 02-06-2025 09:14 AM               

The Kremlin said it had "no complaints against Borisov" and described the reshuffle as a "planned rotation."

"The corporation needs dynamic development, which is why these personnel changes are taking place," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Under his tenure, Russia's first independent Moon exploration mission in decades ended in failure when the Luna-25 probe crashed in August 2023. The space agency also faced corruption scandals, the loss of satellites and other spacecraft, as well as a lack of innovation and international partnerships.

Borisov had approved plans to launch the first two modules of a Russian space station in 2027 after the European Space Agency cut cooperation with Moscow on Moon and Mars missions. While Russia has pledged to remain on the International Space Station until 2028, its long-term role in space remains uncertain.