Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head


              FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin talk to each other aboard of the Presidential plane on their way to visit the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 4, 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees the country's space program and includes rocket factories, launch facilities and numerous other assets. (Ilya Filatov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Roscosmos state space corporation head Dmitry Rogozin, accompanies new International Space Station crew members, to the rocket prior to the launch at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on June 6, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees the country's space program and includes rocket factories, launch facilities and numerous other assets. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool Photo via AP, File)
            
              FILE - President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Russian Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin as he visits the Energomash, leading Russian rocket engine company in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 12, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees the country's space program and includes rocket factories, launch facilities and numerous other assets. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Director General of the Russia state corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin walks in Baikonur airport, in Kazakhstan, Oct. 11, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees the country's space program and includes rocket factories, launch facilities and numerous other assets. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov speaks after the signing of an accord with Venezuela, at the Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Feb. 16, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday replaced Russian Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin with Yuri Borisov, a deputy prime minister who was in charge of weapons industries. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
            
              FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov during their meeting after visiting the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, Crimea, on July 20, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday replaced Russian Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin with Yuri Borisov, a deputy prime minister who was in charge of weapons industries. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov arrive to attend the opening of the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky outside Zhukovsky, Russia, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday replaced Russian Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin with Yuri Borisov, a deputy prime minister who was in charge of weapons industries. Borisov's duties were handed over to Denis Manturov, the minister of industry and trade who was also given the rank of a deputy prime minister. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)
Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head