8 criminal cases were instituted on the ex-employees of the Khrunichev Center

Khrunichev Center is the developer of the Proton-M rocket. The Investigative Committee during the audit revealed the facts of fraud and abuse of powers, the damage from which exceeded 9 billion rubles, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin

Eight criminal cases were instituted against former employees of the Khrunichev Center, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Presenting the presidential bill on the State Corporation Roscosmos on Tuesday in the State Duma , Rogozin said that the Investigative Committee during the audit of one of the leading enterprises in the Russians of Russia, revealed the facts of fraud and abuse of powers, the damage from which exceeded 9 billion rubles.

Khrunichev Center is the developer of the Proton-M rocket.

On May 16, after the launch of the Proton-M rocket, an emergency arose with a Mexican companion. The wreckage of the rocket and satellite burned in the atmosphere. According to TASS sources, the cause of the death of the rocket could be the insufficient quality of technical control of the spacecraft flying on old engines.

This is not the first accident of Proton-M in recent years. In May 2014, the launch vehicle could not bring the Express-AM4R spacecraft into orbit . The previous accident accident occurred in July 2013.