Yevgeny Primakov. The Man Who Saved the Intelligence Service
10 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Leonid Mlechin
Author
Leonid Mlechin
Narrator
Andrey Leonov
Narrator
Andrey Leonov
Description
Academician Yevgeny Primakov is one of the brightest figures in Russian political life. Primakov served as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Incredibly popular, he was even considered the most likely candidate for the country’s presidency.
In this book, Leonid Mlechin tells about Yevgeny Primakov’s secret missions in the Middle East. These include meetings with the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, George Habash, famous for high-profile terrorist attacks; mediation between the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani and the government of Iraq; and his unofficial visits to Israel after the USSR’s diplomatic relations with that country were broken. The book also covers his preparation for negotiations between Syria and Iraq, between Egypt and Israel.
After leading Russian intelligence, Primakov not only prevented it from being merged into the general structure of state security, but also restored the former power of the elite special service: he formulated a new doctrine that replaced the struggle against “world imperialism on all fronts” with a priority of national interests, and he modernized the Foreign Intelligence Service by focusing on analytics.
In this book, Leonid Mlechin tells about Yevgeny Primakov’s secret missions in the Middle East. These include meetings with the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, George Habash, famous for high-profile terrorist attacks; mediation between the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani and the government of Iraq; and his unofficial visits to Israel after the USSR’s diplomatic relations with that country were broken. The book also covers his preparation for negotiations between Syria and Iraq, between Egypt and Israel.
After leading Russian intelligence, Primakov not only prevented it from being merged into the general structure of state security, but also restored the former power of the elite special service: he formulated a new doctrine that replaced the struggle against “world imperialism on all fronts” with a priority of national interests, and he modernized the Foreign Intelligence Service by focusing on analytics.
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