Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union, after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy com
Chernomyrdin in 2003
Postage stamp issued by the Russian Post in 2013 depicting Chernomyrdin
Presentation of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class with President Dmitry Medvedev, 20 May 2009
Presentation of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4nd class with President Dmitry Medvedev, 6 May 2010
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from
Viktor Chernomyrdin
…and thus forcing the dissolution of the State Duma and political crisis, Chernomyrdin withdrew his nomination and the president asked the more popular Yevgeny Primakov to form a new cabinet. During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 Chernomyrdin was a special envoy of Russia in Yugoslavia. Chernomyrdin also disclosed…
In 1992, Director of Foreign Intelligence Service Yevgeny Primakov admitted that the KGB was behind the Soviet newspaper articles claiming that AIDS was created by the US government.
Leader of Fatherland – All Russia Duma faction Yevgeny Primakov meets President Vladimir Putin, 2000
Farewell to Yevgeny Primakov on 29 June 2015