On the threshold of change

The present book includes two works of the famous politician and statesman Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov “Eight months plus ...” and “Thoughts aloud”.
E.M. Primakov was at the post of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation exactly eight months. The events that occurred on the eve of his take office, as well as the author of the author to the author to 2001, became the main plot of the narrative of the first work. It well tells about a violent time in the history of Russian statehood, the immediate participant and witness of which he was.
Thoughts out loud is an attempt to comprehend what Russia survived in the 20th century and analyze how it can fit into the reality of the 21st century. EAT. Primakov reflects on the most important issues of Russian history: was there a random revolution of 1917, why the USSR broke up, is there a future for the CIS, what is the reason for the difficult situation in the North Caucasus ... Estimates and conclusions made by the author help the reader think about the past, present and future and future and future Russia