Background
Primakov was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR.
Primakov was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR.
After the 7th grade in 1944, he entered as a cadet at the Naval Preparatory School in Baku, the practice took place on the training ship "Truth".
In 1946 he was expelled from school for health reasons, he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Graduated from high school in Tbilisi (1948). His favorite subjects were history, literature and mathematics.
From 1956 to 1970, he worked as a journalist for Soviet radio and a Middle Eastern correspondent for Pravda newspaper.
During this time, he was sent frequently on intelligence missions to the Middle East and the United States as a KGB co-optee under codename MAKSIM.
Worked for State Commission, on Broadcasting and Television 1953-1962. Deputy Editor (Asia and Africa Desk), Pravda 1962-1970. Deputy Director, then Director Institute of World Economical Institute Relations, USSR Academy, of Sciences 1970.
Elected to Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR 1989. Chairman Soviet of the Union June 1989-March 1990, Politburo 1989-1990. President Gorbachev’s Special Envoy to Gulf 1991.
Correspondent.
He was also famously an advocate of multilateralism as an alternative to United States global hegemony following the collapse of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the end of the Cold War. Primakov called for a Russian foreign policy based on low-cost mediation while expanding influence towards the Middle East and the former Soviet republics. This policy, known as the "Primakov doctrine", has ultimately failed
On March 24, 1999, Primakov was heading to Washington, District of Columbia for an official visit. Flying over the Atlantic Ocean, he learned that North Atlantic Treaty Organization started to bomb Yugoslavia. Primakov decided to cancel the visit, ordered the plane to turn around over the ocean and returned to Moscow - it was called Primakov's loop
The Arab Countries and Colonialism 1956. Egypt under Nasser (with I. P. Belyayev) 1975.
Before Yeltsin’s resignation, Primakov supported the Fatherland – All Russia electoral faction, which at that time was the major opponent of the pro-Putin Unity, and launched his presidential bid.
Initially considered the man to beat, Primakov was rapidly overtaken by the factions loyal to Vladimir Putin in the Duma elections in December 1999.
Primakov officially abandoned the presidential race in his TV address on 4 February 2000 less than two months before the 26 March presidential elections.
Soon he became an adviser to Putin and a political ally.
On 14 December 2001, Primakov became President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Quotations:
After the end of the "cold war" in the West, particularly in the United States, interest to Russia began to drop as one of the major players in the international arena. Of course, Russia is not the Soviet Union, which, of course, played a leading role in world politics.
Only political myopia can be explained by the willingness of some politicians in the West to write off Russia from the list of great powers.
CPSU since 1959; CPSU Central Committee April since 1989. Politburo since 1989. Presidential Council March since 1989.
USSR Academy, of Sciences 1974, now member. Specialist on Egypt and other Arab countries.
