Following the incident, Bogdashin was quickly removed from the fleet for a period by being appointed a delegate to the 19th All-Union Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. On its conclusion he was sent to Leningrad for a two-year course of study at the Grechko Naval Academy. On graduating in 1990, was awarded the Order of the Red Star. Officially this was for his success on the course "mastering new military equipment", but the officer presenting the award, the head of faculty, added "we all know what this award is for." In 1991 Bogdashin received the title of , the same year as he was given command of the helicopter carrier "Moskva". This was followed by an appointment in 1996 to command a different ship of the same name, the missile cruiser "Moskva". From 1998 to 1999 he was deputy commander of the 30th Division of anti-submarine ships of the Black Sea Fleet, based at Sevastopol.