`` Yevgeniy Maksimovich Primakov '' ; 29 October 1929 -- 26 June 2015 ) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 .
`` Yevgeniy Maksimovich Primakov '' ; 29 October 1929 -- 26 June 2015 ) was a Russian politician and diplomat . He was the Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 .