The head of Roscosmos called rumors about a fight with his participation nonsense

The head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said that if the rumors about his participation in the fight were true, he would have resigned, Interfax reported . He added that everything written about this is “nonsense.”

“I am a general in the Russian army and have walked a very difficult and difficult path along these steps. I have my conscience: the next day I would write a report about leaving this post,” Popovkin explained. According to him, he “still cannot digest the dirt that was poured on him undeservedly,” the RIA Novosti website reports .

The general described in detail the evening of that day, after which he ended up in the hospital. According to the head of Roscosmos, he left work at about two in the morning, lost consciousness, after which the driver took him to the hospital. “There was no fight, no bottle, I was not in any restaurant,” he emphasized.

At the same time, Popovkin did not say who might benefit from such publications. “The press today can defame anyone,” he explained.

The head of Roscosmos for help went to the Burdenko hospital on March 7, and on March 19 he returned to work. Some media reported that Popovkin had lacerations to his head, glass shards were removed from them, and it was reported that this was the result of a fight . Roscosmos cited serious overwork of the agency head as the reason for hospitalization.