26 Jun 2015 14:15

Kudrin calls Yevgeny Primakov 'outstanding politician'

MOSCOW. June 26 (Interfax) - The leader of the Civil Initiatives Committee and Russia's former finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, has described Yevgeny Primakov, who died in Moscow on Friday, as an outstanding politician who "created the history of Russia".

"Yevgeny Primakov has passed away. He was an outstanding politician. He created the history of Russia," Kudrin tweeted on Friday.