“At present, we have involved more than 1260 workers and 140 pieces of equipment. This is fully consistent with the construction project. The schedule is maintained, despite the fact that it’s quite cold there, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Rogozin noted that each month he personally monitors the progress of the work.

He noted that he had no doubt in completing the construction of the cosmodrome on time.

He also said that the state corporation uses its own satellite constellation to monitor the progress of the construction of the second stage of the cosmodrome.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Russia reported that 58 people were convicted of embezzlement, fraud and abuse of power in the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome.