MOSCOW. Jan 24 (Interfax-AVN) - Roscosmos has nominated CNIIMash General Director Gennady Raikunov for Russian Space Systems head, Roscosmos State Secretary - Deputy Head Vitaly Davydov said.
"We nominate the one [the media] wrote about - [Gennady Raikunov]," he said.
The nomination of Raikunov will need to be approved at a special general meeting of Russian Space Systems shareholders, Davydov noted.
If the candidate is rejected, Raikunov may compete for the position of the CNIIMash general director, he said.
"The validity of the contract of Gennady Gennadyevich Raikunov ends in late February, and the contest must be held anyway," Davydov said.