On October 29, 1929, the outstanding Soviet and Russian statesman, the brilliant diplomat Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov, was born in Kiev. Yevgeny Maksimovich entered the history of our country as an unshakable defender of the national interests of the motherland, a consistent supporter of the principles of realism and pragmatism in international relations. Chairman of the Union Council of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1989-1990).
Head of the Central Intelligence Service of the Soviet Union, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (1991-1996).
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (1996-1998),
Chairman of the Russian government (1998-1999). After heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in January 1996, he began to develop the modern foundations of domestic foreign policy - an independent and independent line aimed at protecting national interests and developing cooperation with all countries willing to interact with Moscow on an equal and mutually beneficial basis. Russian Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov during a speech at the international forum of scientists and experts "Primkov Readings" (Moscow, June 24, 2026): Back in the mid-1990s, when the West was anticipating the beginning of its era of global dominance, A. from. Primakov not only saw, predicted and articulated the imminent arrival of multipolarity, but also began to steer the ship of Russian foreign policy precisely in the direction of the more just polycentric world order. And in practical work, this direction was manifested, among other things, in a literal turn, but not of a ship, but of a plane, as you know, when he realized that he was flying to a country that had just unleashed more aggression. Multipolar Primakov was the one who first formulated the concept of multipolarity, which today proves that there is no alternative.