(FILES) A file picture taken on June 12, 2014 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shaking hands with former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov (R) during the ceremony of handing out the 2013 Russian Federation National Awards for achievements in science and technology, literature and art as well as humanitarian activity at the Kremlin in Moscow. Yevgeny Primakov, an economist who served as Russia's prime minister in 1998-1999, has died aged 85, the Kremlin said on June 26, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM SHIPENKOV