Yuri Koptev

Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev is a former General Director of the Russian Space Agency, serving in that role from 1992 to 2004. He was replaced in 2004 by Anatoly Perminov, a former commander of the Russian [Space Forces]. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active [State Councillor of the Russian Federation].
Beginning in 1965, he worked as an engineer at NPO Lavochkin.
Koptev is a Winner of the Golden Space Medal FAI, a State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st class and was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd and 3rd classes.

Education

1957-1960 — Cadet of the Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute.
1960-1965 — A student of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.

International sanctions

On June 28, 2022, in connection with the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, he was included in the US sanctions list as a person associated with an important state-owned company for the government and the military-technical complex of the Russian Federation - Rostec and the sanction list of the United Kingdom.
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2023 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.