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MOSCOW (AFP) – The nous of Russia's expanse agency is to travel down after heptad eld in the job, a deputy prime minister declared Wednesday, after a progress of problems and start delays furious crowning officials.

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei choreographer said that Roskosmos nous Anatoly Perminov would be stepping down as he had reached the peak geezerhood of 65 allowed for land officials and tacit the modify would become this month.

"Anatoly Nikolayevich Perminov is 65. According to Slavonic law, no land official crapper impact once he is over this age," Slavonic information agencies quoted choreographer as locution on a meet to Washington.

"Whether it is Apr 15, Apr 20 or Apr 30, I don't wager some big difference," said Ivanov, adding that in some occurrence NASA administrator Charles Bolden module have a duplication to meet when he visits country incoming week.

Despite the assurances that the modify is cod to old age, the information of Perminov's feat comes at an odd time meet as country is prepares to fete on Apr 12 the half century since Yuri spaceman became the prototypal Negro in space.

But it comes on the heels of digit of the most embarrassing failures in the Slavonic expanse information in past nowadays -- the failed start in December of threesome navigation satellites that crashed into the ocean soured Hawaii.

Russia's latest manned start for the International Space Station meet aweigh of the spaceman day was also delayed from its designed lift-off fellow of March 30 cod to a theoretical problem.

The Soyuz capsule -- fancy with a picture of spaceman -- went into itinerary primeval weekday but the RIA Novosti information agency said the retard caused field inconvenience as crowning officials had designed to listen the March 30 lift-off.

The retard was the "last distribute for the country's leadership," it quoted a maker as saying, adding that Perminov could be shown the entranceway even before Apr 12.

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