Putin Ousts Defense-Industry Head as Kremlin Looks to Long War
- Borisov released as deputy premier overseeing defense sector
- Industry Minister Denis Manturov takes over role in promotion
Yury Borisov
Photographer: Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Russian President Vladimir Putin reassigned the top official responsible for military production as the Kremlin digs in for a long war in Ukraine that’s tested an industry long plagued by inefficiency and corruption.
Putin released Yury Borisov as deputy prime minister overseeing the defense industry and appointed him as general director of Roscomos in place of Dmitry Rogozin, who’d led the state space corporation since 2018, in a decree published Friday on the Kremlin’s website.