Former Russian PM Bribed by Iraq
On July - 29 - 2008
It’s an old report from 1999, but one worth mentioning in order to analyze Yevgeny Primakov’s relationship with Saddam Hussein and the Russian-Iraqi partnership as a whole. According to Seymour Hersh, Primakov was paid $800,000 in late 1997 by the Iraqi government.
Hersh also said Primakov helped Iraq thwart UN inspections. Primakov has a long friendship with Saddam Hussein, so we should not be surprised by the intelligence indicating that he helped Iraq prepare for the Coalition invasion, particularly with enacting “Operation Sarindar,” which is the plan developed by the Soviet Union (which Primakov contributed to) to rid third world allies like Iraq of WMDs should they face
