Rogozin limited the employees of "Roskosmos" travel abroad and holidays

Dmitry Rogozin instructed to exclude trips abroad and canceled vacations for Roscosmos employees, since “this is important from the point of view of being at the workplace for everyone,Who is responsible for the operational reorganization of production?

On February 26, the head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, instructed to exclude trips on business trips and on private matters for employees of organizations in the rocket and space industry abroad, including previously planned ones. The measure is explained in the document by "the aggravation of the geopolitical situation and the sanctions policy pursued by leading foreign states against Russia and its citizens," a source in the space industry told RBC. The restriction of travel abroad for employees of the corporation was confirmed by the press service of Roscosmos. “Yes, such an order exists,” RBC was told in the press service of the state corporation.

The instruction was given in order to ensure the safety of employees of organizations in the rocket and space industry and to avoid negative consequences during their stay abroad, the document says. “If necessary, it is allowed to travel to the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus to participate in the preparation and conduct of launches of space rockets, the operation of space infrastructure facilities and the resolution of other official issues,” the instruction says.

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In addition to restrictions on travel abroad, vacations have also been canceled, a source in the space industry told RBC. Holidays have also been cancelled. A mobilization principle of work has been introduced: everyone is on the ground, based on the analysis of the situation, including the essence and consequences of sanctions, decisions are made to change priorities in the work of enterprises and the state corporation as a whole,” he said.

According to the interlocutor, on the draft document, Rogozin added that "this is important from the point of view of being at the workplace of all those responsible for the operational reorganization of production in conditions, in fact, of wartime." “And from an aesthetic point of view, warming your belly on the beach, when officers and soldiers are dying for your country at the front, is more than strange,” RBC’s interlocutor quotes Rogozin.