On Cosmonautics Day, Vladimir Putin visited the Academician Glushko Energomash Research and Production Association. Among other things, the head of state inspected a facility for assembling liquid-propellant rocket engines and gained an insight into advanced projects of the rocket and space industry, including the development of strategic missile systems and civilian goods.
On his visit to the company Vladimir Putin was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, Roscosmos State Corporation Director General Dmitry Rogozin and Energomash Director General Igor Arbuzov.
The President also briefly spoke with the company employees.