Russia bids farewell to ex-PM and spymaster
Russia bid farewell yesterday to former prime minister, foreign minister and master spy Yevgeny Primakov, with a state funeral for one of the last Soviet-era political titans who died last week aged 85.
Dignitaries led by President Vladimir Putin paid their last respects to the former prime minister, whose remains lay in state in the House of Unions in central Moscow flanked by an honour guard.
"Without doubt he was a great citizen of our country," Putin said after laying flowers by the coffin and briefly touching it with his hand.
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