Titov acknowledged that Primakov had been working to resuscitate relationships with Iraq, Syria, Libya and Cuba.
As you also know, Foreign Minister Primakov was here yesterday and over the weekend.
Another prominent paper, Izvestiya , took a similar line, saying Primakov's sacking promised "no upheavals".
Having backed Mr Primakov's nomination, the Communists are awkwardly placed to criticise his government.
Under Mr Primakov, Russia has consistently lobbied for the end of sanctions against Iraq.
Some serious Kremlin-watchers predict that Mr Primakov will be chucked out of the ring within days.
In any case, the finger on the nuclear button is not Mr Primakov's but Mr Yeltsin's.
An Arabic speaker, Mr Primakov has long-standing personal ties to Iraq's President Saddam Hussein.
All the more reason for Mr Primakov to be enjoying the war over Kosovo.
NATO's planned action, Russia 's prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov, cancelled a trip to Washington in mid-flight.
Mr Yeltsin and his foreign minister, Yevgeny Primakov, are made of more sensible stuff.
Optimists put Mr Primakov in the top left-hand quadrant: Russia will become like Poland.
Mr Yeltsin is sidelined, Mr Primakov perhaps taking over from him in a snap presidential election.
Gore and Primakov were planning to discuss increased economic and technical cooperation between the two nations.
He's approaching the summit in that spirit, and that is what he told Foreign Minister Primakov yesterday.
Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov had been touring NATO capitals demanding a formal treaty between the alliance and Moscow.
Mr Primakov has been helped by a mild, if perhaps temporary, economic recovery, spurred by the rouble's devaluation.
Yevgeny Primakov turned his U.S.-bound plane around in mid-transit to protest the bombing.
In the end this proved to be Yevgeny Primakov, who promised to carry out the necessary economic reforms.
But Mr Primakov's last and most alarming move would be to send weapons.
"Russia won't repeat the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, " said Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov.
The Duma, parliament's currently quiescent lower house, could lose patience with Mr Primakov.
The former prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov, joined later, taking first place on its list of candidates for the parliamentary election.
Mr Luzhkov and Mr Primakov are positioned near the centre of Russian politics, but appeal also to some nationalist voters.
But Mr Primakov's policy means Russia is more likely to be humiliated by its impotence than respected for its importance.
There was an interesting contrast, however, between Mr Primakov's comments and those of his political ally, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.
This week Mr Primakov held a friendly meeting with Mr Luzhkov and demonstratively backed the president in the Federation Council.
NATO as Mr Primakov and others in Moscow longed to do Russia would help make peace in Kosovo on broadly western terms.
Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov met De Beers chairman Nicholas Oppenheimer to confirm the deal, which was signed in Moscow shortly afterwards.
Mr Yeltsin might also shuffle the existing government, something Mr Primakov had opposed strongly but now seems more willing to accept.
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