Former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov dies


  • World
  • Friday, 26 Jun 2015

Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov makes a speech during a session at the World Leaders Forum for commemorating the 60th anniversary of South Korea at a hotel in Seoul October 30, 2008. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yevgeny Primakov, a former Russian prime minister, foreign minister and spymaster, has died, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Primakov, whose political career began in the Soviet era, was 85.

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