The government will follow the development of the situation with engines of “Proton-M” – RIA Novosti

18:0928.01.2017

(updated: 18:12 28.01.2017)

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MOSCOW, January 28 — RIA Novosti. the Russian Government has taken control of the investigation of Roscosmos on the situation with engines of “Proton-M” at the Voronezh mechanical factory (VMZ), said on Saturday Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Earlier it was reported that at the Voronezh mechanical plant was revoked the second and third stages of the carrier rockets “proton-M” due to identified technological problems. On Saturday, the plant held a meeting chaired by Rogozin and General Director of Roscosmos Igor Komarov. Rogozin demanded to hold domestic industry, the investigation on the situation with engines of “Proton-M”.

“New accidents have been avoided, but now the investigation, which leads the Federal space Agency, will be in control of the government of the Russian Federation”, — Rogozin wrote in his microblog on Twitter.