Yevgeny Primakov, former prime minister of the Russian government, who also served on the position of the foreign minister, died on June 26, 2015. He was 86 years old.

"Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov has passed away today after a long disease," a source from the team of the former politician told Interfax.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to relatives and friends of Yevgeny Primakov.