Putin's 'rocket man' becomes latest senior Russian official to mysteriously die - days after top former Kremlin general was found dead on Christmas Day
- Man who made Putin's dreams of space exploration possible has died aged 74
- He is the fourth senior official with Russian links to die mysteriously in days
- There have been suggestions Putin is 'clearing out' his inner circle and critics
- Alexander Buzakov and General Alexei Maslov both suddenly died this week
- Putin critic and sausage tycoon Pavel Antov fell to his death before Christmas
The man who made Vladimir Putin's dreams of space exploration possible has died aged 74.
Vladimir Nesterov, is the latest casualty this year among Russia's elite and the fourth official reported dead in a matter of days.
He pioneered the new 'world's best' Angara rocket and was the former general director of the Khrunichev Centre, which Putin hoped would facilitate Russia's first manned mission to the moon.
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