“At the Baikonur cosmodrome, we will not be happy with Minister Askar Umarov.
We are not waiting for him there, "Rogozin wrote on the Telegram channel.
Earlier, the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov, said that the agency would not work with the new Minister of Information and Social Development of Kazakhstan, Askar Umarov.
He also cited several quotes from Umarov in which he spoke unflatteringly about the Russians.
Umarov later responded to accusations of Russophobia.
He stated that in all previous positions he tried to conduct fruitful work with Russian and other partners.