In Moscow in the hall of columns is a farewell to the former Prime Minister of Russia and former head of the Foreign Affairs powers Yevgeny Primakov. A political activist has died after a long illness at the 86th year of his life on June 26.

Own work for the benefit of Russia Yevgeny Primakov deserve unconditional respect from the followers of different political views. After news of his death, condolences hastened to Express policy of the Russian Federation regardless of personal beliefs.

In the hall of columns in Moscow is held the farewell to politicians, who headed the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the government of the state. Willing to spend Yevgeny Primakov on his last journey lined up in a long queue. Many of us are not able to hold back his own tears.

The coffin of a politician is surrounded by soldiers from the company of the noble guard band plays funeral music. Next to the body of Yevgeny Primakov are members of his family and close people, reports RIA Novosti. Around the circumference of the hall funeral wreaths exhibited, including from institutions and agencies in the development of which Primakov took specific part.

To say goodbye to a political figure came replaced Primakov in 1999 as Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, the Governor of Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov, the deputies of the state Duma Sergey Neverov, Olga batalina, Nikolai Kovalev, Senator Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Association of polar explorers, Explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic Artur Chilingarov, the General Director of state Corporation rostec Sergey Chemezov, head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin. Besides all this, in the hall of columns are supporters of former Prime Minister and political figures that were included in the government under his control. Among other things, a farewell ceremony was visited by the famous heart surgeon Leo Bokeria, Director of the Russian oncological scientific center named after Blokhin and largest oncologist of Russia Mikhail Davydov.

Besides all that, the goodbyes are the chief of the Main Department of the MIA of Russia in Moscow, the General-Lieutenant Anatoly Yakunin and the followers of different branches of the armed forces of Russia. In addition to the funeral came the head of the variety Theatre Gennady Khazanov and film Director Karen Shakhnazarov other.

Yevgeny Primakov has died after a long illness at the 86th year of life. Former Prime Minister and former foreign Minister will be buried at Novodevichy cemetery, the funeral at Novodevichy monastery in Moscow will make the Patriarch.

From January 1996 to September 1998, he headed the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia, from September 1998 to may 1999 held a post of the Prime Minister's powers. The people of Russia political activist was remembered first of all by its own u-turn over the Atlantic. He was like a real (after NATO began bombing Yugoslavia, he postponed the visit to the USA), and ideological (if Primakov written by the foreign Ministry refused to conduct foreign policy with an eye only to the West and began equally to develop relations with the East).
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