Evgeny Primakov. AC big policy. Mlechin L.

Few Russian politicians aroused such respect. Few of them were escorted to the last journey with such a sincere grief and a sense of irreparable loss. And few of them were called a great citizen. Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov held the highest posts in the state, led the government and led the country out of the most severe crisis. He headed foreign intelligence shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union and saved this special service from destruction. He became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and laid the foundations for the diplomacy of modern Russia. He was an academician, 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 to do with that Primakov, who was known and loved by friends and relatives. The writer Leonid Mlechin devoted many years to the study of this bright, talented, extraordinary personality. It is even called the "official biographer of Primakov." In this book, Evgeny Maksimovich appears as he was in real life. And the author tries to answer the question that considers the main thing: why did not Primakov become the president of the country?