Putin calls for change in space industry

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged Deputy Prime Minister
Dmitry Rogozin and the chief of Roscosmos, Dmitry Popovkin, to draft
proposals for restructuring the national space industry after a series
of failures. Putin said that the latter had compromised Russia’s image
as a leading space power, RIA-Novosti reports.

“I think the problem is the structure of the space industry…
reshuffles in the structure should be made, if necessary," RIA-Novosti
quotes Putin as saying.

Putin's comments are in line with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's
speech last week in which he urged the government to work out a plan
to improve Russia’s space industry.