♦ Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Dmitry Bakanov as the new director general of Russia’s state space corporation, Roscosmos on 6 February 2025.

♦ He takes over from Yury Borisov, who led Roscosmos since 2022.

♦ Before this role, Bakanov served as deputy minister of transport.

♦ He was the head of the Gonets satellite system company from 2011 to 2019 before becoming deputy minister of transport.