Key Takeaways
- Russia appoints Dmitry Bakanov as new Roscosmos chief, replacing Yury Borisov.
- Bakanov served as deputy minister of transport, focusing on innovation and unmanned transport systems.
- Vladimir Putin appoints new Roscosmos chief in a move that signals a shift in the country’s space agency leadership.
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitry Bakanov as the new director general of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, replacing Yury Borisov, the Kremlin announced Thursday on its official Telegram channel.
Bakanov served as deputy minister of transport, focusing on innovation, including unmanned transport systems. He led the Gonets satellite system company from 2011 to 2019 before moving to the Ministry of Transport.
Borisov had headed Roscosmos since 2022, succeeding Dmitry Rogozin. Before taking charge of the space agency, he served as deputy prime minister overseeing the technological and defense sectors, and earlier held the position of deputy minister of defense.
