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| Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin | |
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Vladimir Putin (left) with Popovkin (right), 2006
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| Native name | Владимир Александрович Поповкин |
| Born | 25 September 1957 Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| Died | 18 June 2014 (aged 56) Israel |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Service/branch | Space Forces |
| Years of service | 1975–2009 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Commands held | Space Forces |
| Awards | Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Order of Military Merit... |
| Other work | Director General of Roscosmos |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin (Russian: Владимир Александрович Поповкин; 25 September 1957 – 18 June 2014) was a Russian military person. He was the General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia.
He was a General of the Army and former commander of the Russian Space Forces.
Popovkin died of cancer on 18 June 2014 in a hospital in Israel, aged 56.