Primakov

Few Russian politicians have commanded such respect. Few were accompanied on their final journey with such genuine sorrow and a sense of irreparable loss. And few were called great citizens.

Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov held the highest positions in the state, led the government, and brought the country out of the most severe crisis. He headed foreign intelligence shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union and saved this agency from destruction. He became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and laid the foundations of modern Russian diplomacy. He was an academic, and he also carried out secret missions, each of which could serve as a plot for a spy novel. But the man whom everyone saw on the television screen had nothing in common with the Primakov known and loved by his friends and family.

Writer Leonid Mlechin dedicated many years to studying this bright, talented, extraordinary personality. He is even referred to as the "official biographer of Primakov." In this book, Yevgeny Maximovich appears as he was in real life. The author tries to answer the question he considers crucial: why did Primakov not become the president of the country? Second edition.