The new head of Roscosmos can become Igor Karavaev - Proceedings

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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin did not want to see at the head of the space industry, Vladimir Popovkin, whose work yesterday called ineffective. According to the “News”, August 1, at a cabinet meeting Rogozin suggested candidates for the post of head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, as well as head of the state corporation (JSC) to be set up as a result of the reorganization of the Russian Federal Space Agency and within its structure of enterprises.

– as head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Igor Rogozin suggested Karavayeva, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. As head of the corporation proposed by Oleg Bochkarev, deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) under the government – said a source in the Russian Space Agency. According to him, at the same meeting in the government and Popovkin named their candidates for these positions: he is ready to lead the state corporation personally, and as head of the agency proposed the appointment of its first deputy Oleg Frolov. The fact that candidates for the post of head Russian Space Agency and state corporations voiced at the meeting, confirmed by a source in the government.

– This does not mean that the candidates proposed Rogozin will be approved, but after sitting position Popovkina seriously shaken – he said.

Following the meeting of the government on August 1 Popovkin was reprimanded by Dmitry Medvedev. First, for “violation of ethics and misunderstanding responsibility for industry ». The source said the space agency, the meeting was held “unusually tough talk, during which harsh judgments were expressed not only in the address of the Popovkina, but also to themselves.” Phrases uttered Popovkin at the meeting, and determined the occurrence of a rare language – « misunderstanding responsibility for industry ».

Igor Karavaev Rogozin proposed to place the head of Russian Federal Space Agency is working with the Ministry of Industry in 2008 – when he was promoted to Director Development Department of the military-industrial complex. Prior to that, in 2003-2006, he was CEO of “Aircraft holding company” Tupolev “. Karavayeva experience in the aviation industry is remarkable in the context of the announced August 5 offers Rogozin combine aviation and space industries.

Oleg Botchkarev made a career on the Chelyabinsk plant (later – the holding company) «Electric Motor”, which makes equipment for railway rolling stock and for special products – infantry fighting vehicles and tanks.

final decision on the establishment of the state corporation “Roscosmos” to recommend the nomination Bochkareva, is still pending. However, in the walls of the Russian Federal Space Agency creation of such a structure is considered a foregone conclusion – say that the office space agency on the street Shchepkina most employees already know where they will work after the reorganization – a corporation or remain in the Russian Space Agency.

draft federal law “On the State Corporation” Roskosmos “(GC” Roskosmos “) was prepared in the walls of the space agency and submitted to the government in March this year. Introduced bill, a copy of which is at the disposal of “Izvestia”, reflects the idea of ??the maximum concentration of all the functions and capabilities within a single framework.

The powers and functions of the state corporation law considers the development of state policy in the field of space activities, including the preparation of federal laws, as well as science, technology, investment and structural policy on the development of space-rocket industry. During the Civil Code, “Roskosmos” also serves to consolidate the functions of licensing, control of enterprises and the quality of their products, the development of personnel policies and training of cadres themselves.

The functions of the corporation bill does and the development of key documents governing the financing of the sector: the federal space program, the federal program “Global Positioning System”, and other similar documents.

at the disposal of state-owned corporation is proposed to transfer shares in the rocket and space industry, which are the state and the federal state unitary enterprises subordinate to it, which are now run by Roskosmos academic institutions, training center Astronauts and others. CC will receive shares of additional issue of shares in subsidiaries, carried out in the course of public investment to modernize their production facilities.

After GC “Roskosmos” is planned to spend all the money allocated budget for the space program – the corporation will become their distributor and at the same time will accumulate profits from subsidiaries. The combination of features in a single person of the customer and the authors of the bill propose to consider “barrage measure of market penetration of foreign competition».

CEO of GC “Roscosmos”, according to the authors of the bill will be approved by the President of the Russian Federation by the head of government.

In Roskosmos officially declined to comment on the latest developments. A spokesman for the head of Roscosmos Vedischeva Anna is on the sick, and even Vladimir Popovkin, according to a source at the agency went on vacation right after yesterday’s meeting with Dmitry Rogozin on consideration of the outcome of the commission that investigated the causes of the accident “Proton” in Baikonur on July 2. The findings, Deputy Prime Minister is not satisfied – he demanded to be called responsible for what happened, not only among engineers and staff of the Center Khrunichev, which created the rocket, but also among the leadership of Roscosmos. Rogozin himself was unavailable for comment.