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Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by stoobs »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #7
ushakov wrote: post #2

he's switching jobs, apparently > according to Meduza’s sources, Dmitry Rogozin will become one of the Kremlin’s supervisors for the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” and the other Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/07/13/the-president-likes-...

Seems like a death sentence atm.

Yeah, that seems to be becoming the new "sent to Siberia", although I very much doubt he'll be placing himself directly in danger, unless he had no choice.

Either way, he picked his poison long ago.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by WesolyKubeczek »

bpodgursky wrote: post #9

Probably concern that he was becoming unhinged enough to put commercial contracts at risk. There are more... fitting... positions right now for a raving nationalist lunatic, I'm sure he'll land on his feet in the DPR or LPR.

One foot in DPR, and another in LPR.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by H8crilA »

stoobs wrote: post #11
NicoJuicy wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like a death sentence atm.

Yeah, that seems to be becoming the new "sent to Siberia", although I very much doubt he'll be placing himself directly in danger, unless he had no choice. Either way, he picked his poison long ago.

There really will be nothing left of Donbwabwe and Luganda once the Russian army is done with them: no buildings/infrastructure (blown up by enemy artillery, or possibly own artillery if there is ever a counteroffensive), but certainly no capable men (all forcefully drafted into the army and then killed or maimed in combat).

The worst part is that both sides have the resources and will to continue fighting for quite a long time (years), unless some hard to predict event turns the tide.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by bvrmn »

gdy wrote: post #10
mmastrac wrote: post #6

From what little I unfortunately saw from him on twitter, this guy is the Russian equivalent of a hardcore Nazi.

What do you mean specifically?

Rogozin is a member of ultra-right movement. Like real "Russia for russians" and similar BS.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by orbital-decay »

mmastrac wrote: post #6

From what little I unfortunately saw from him on twitter, this guy is the Russian equivalent of a hardcore Nazi.

Not sure why you're being downvoted. The guy is a long-time far right activist (and a journo by education and trade, no connections to aerospace whatsoever). His twitter reflects that perfectly, at least in Russian. His appointment as a head of space industry was unexpected, to put it mildly, especially at the time when Kremlin was stomping on nationalists.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by elliekelly »

theflyinghorse wrote: post #8
mmastrac wrote: post #6

From what little I unfortunately saw from him on twitter, this guy is the Russian equivalent of a hardcore Nazi.

What gave you that impression? I seldom hear of him, but it's usually in the context of him writing something silly on twitte

I'm not the person you're replying to but Rogozin is an actual neo-Nazi: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-racist/russian-ult...

Someone else in this thread linked a video of him giving the Nazi salute (is there a name for this?) after his speech at the rally mentioned in the Reuters article. I can't think of any reason someone would attend or speak at such an event, let alone salute like that at such an event, aside from being a neo-Nazi.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by lotusmars »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #7
ushakov wrote: post #2

he's switching jobs, apparently > according to Meduza’s sources, Dmitry Rogozin will become one of the Kremlin’s supervisors for the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” and the other Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/07/13/the-president-likes-...

Seems like a death sentence atm.

No, he’s been a very vocal proponent of war, so it’s a logical career step. The guy probably sees himself as a Putin’s (or at least Medvedev’s) successor at some point.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by gdy »

elliekelly wrote: post #17
theflyinghorse wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What gave you that impression? I seldom hear of him, but it's usually in the context of him writing something silly on twitte

I'm not the person you're replying to but Rogozin is an actual neo-Nazi: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-racist/russian-ult... Someone else in this thread linked a video of him giving the Nazi salute (is there a name for this?) after his speech at the rally mentioned in the Reuters article. I can't think of any reason someone would attend or speak at such an event, let alone salute like that at such an even…

Is there anything newer than an article from 2007?
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