Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakovwas a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and chief of the intelligence service. Primakov was an academicianand a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences...
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It is essential to do everything to prevent the August 17 statement ... from leading to dangerous socioeconomic consequences,
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We are put very much on our guard by statements that this may be a temporary pause, and that strikes might be resumed, ... We are categorically against putting the question in this way.
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Quickly passing the budget will strengthen our stance in the talks with international financial organizations,
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Russia as co-sponsor (of the peace process) will take an active part in questions relating to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation and will make further efforts to encourage negotiations,
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We hope that the current political and diplomatic efforts will be successful, ... would have very negative effects.
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We have worked out a certain program which we believe could avoid an armed confrontation and eventually eliminate this crisis, ... This program is conditioned on the fact that Iraq comply with the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council.
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The American representatives on these inspection operations should not be ousted, but probably they should recruit more international personnel -- from France, Germany and even Russian experts,
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Measures are being considered against Yugoslavia. We are against these measures, but at the same time, there will be an exceptionally important meeting with Milosevic,
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When this operation was starting, it was being said in the United States that it alone was in a position to solve any problem because it was the most powerful.
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We condemn the United States, and nobody should doubt our negative attitude,
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I told them point blank: We are categorically against impeachment, ... Impeachment doesn't go into the channel of achieving ... stability.
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done our job as we could, professionally, and I believe it has been good.
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The populace will be fully provided with vegetables, fruit and potatoes, ... I appeal to everyone not to rock our common boat in today's too-turbulent sea.
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We did not look at concrete loans, amounts and a time for them to be delivered, ... It was important for us that the fund chief come to Moscow and analyze and assess the situation.