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and followed in the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Foreign Ministry.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Alexan-
der Dzasokhov, Yevgeny Primakov's long-stand-
ing comrade and associate, addressed perhaps all
the aspects of Primakov's life. "A bright journalist
and writer whose talents of a politician and states-
man eclipsed, as it were, his literary gift," Dza-
sokhov said.
Alexander Dzasokhov said that Ye.M. Primakov
was a trailblazer in many areas. He even coined a
term: "Primakov's patent."
Grigory Rapota, State Secretary of the Union State of
Russia and Belarus, spoke about his work with Ye.M.
Primakov at the Foreign Intelligence Service: "Pri-
makov is a systemic person. He brought in that sys-
temic approach when he joined the intelligence
service. First, he consolidated the role and place of
intelligence services in the system of state govern-
ment on the legislative level. Second, acutely aware
of public needs, he in effect opened up the intelli-
gence service. A press service was created, a bulletin was published on current political is-
sues, and so on and so forth.
Anatoly Torkunov, the rector of the Moscow State In-
stitute (University) of International Relations (MGIMO)
of the Russian Foreign Ministry, followed up on the
subject of patents, brought up by A. Dzasokhov:
Yevgeny Primakov and "his friends and colleagues
have essentially created a school of international
journalism in the Soviet Union. Our generation
was introduced to it primarily by reading his pub-
lications in the daily Pravda."
Torkunov noted that in addition to all of his wonderful talents as a statesmen and public
figure, Ye.M. Primakov is also a wonderful teacher. When Primakov had a little free time,
the rector managed to persuade him to come to work in the MGIMO as professor. He
immediately agreed, but conducted only situational seminars.