Roscosmos Drama: The General, the Model and the Bottle

Can Popovich Hang onto Job After Alleged Fight Over Model? The curious case of Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin — hospitalized recently after suffering a head injury — has taken another strange turn, this one involving an alleged brawl over a sultry model turned personal press secretary. As you might recall, Roscosmos said Popovkin was hospitalized [...]

Roscosmos Head Vladimir Popovkin (right) and his press secretary, fomer model Anna Vedischeva.
Can Popovich Hang onto Job After Alleged Fight Over Model?
The curious case of Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin — hospitalized recently after suffering a head injury — has taken another strange turn, this one involving an alleged brawl over a sultry model turned personal press secretary.
As you might recall, Roscosmos said Popovkin was hospitalized last week for “physical and emotional exhaustion” as a result of a brutal schedule that included frequent international travel on behalf of the struggling Russian space program he was brought in to save last April. But, that story didn’t hold for very long.
A Russian tabloid of questionable reliability named Life News quickly posted a picture of Popovkin with his head bandaged and reported that he was drunk at the time he was admitted to the ...