Putin makes former deputy PM Borisov head of Russian space agency

FILE PHOTO: Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has made Yuri Borisov, former deputy prime minister who earlier had served as deputy defence minister, head of the Roscosmos space agency to replace Dmitry Rogozin, a Kremlin decree showed on Friday.

Trade and industry minister Denis Manturov was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister, a separate presidential decree said.