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After Putin sacked Russia’s space chief, the rumor mill is running red-hot

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Yuri Borisov , chief of Russian space corporation Roscosmos , was dismissed from his position last week .

The Kremlin announced he would be replaced by 39-year-old former Deputy Minister of Transport Dmitry Bakanov.

Ars has been combing through Russian news reports and Telegram channels to try to determine what happened.