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URGENT: Khrunichev Space Center head dismissed

17:47 28/11/2005

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - Alexander Medvedev, the director-general of the Khrunichev Space Center has been dismissed, the center said in a news release Monday. Vladimir Nesterov, who was previously in charge of launch operations, land infrastructure, and cooperation at the Russian Space Agency, has been appointed to the post.

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