Lazar Matveev

Lazar Lazarevich Matveev (Russian: Ла́зарь Лазаре́вич Матве́ев; born 8 May 1927) is a former Soviet intelligence leader. He served as a senior KGB liaison officer to the Stasi in Dresden, East Germany, during 1982 to 1989, where Vladimir Putin, the current President of Russia, worked for him.[1][2]

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Lazarevich and the family name is Matveev.
Lazar Matveev
Birth nameLazar Lazarevich Matveev
Born (1927-05-08) May 8, 1927
Krasnoyarsk Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchKGB

On the 8th May 2017, on Matveev's 90th birthday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his former KGB colleagues Sergey Chemezov and Nikolay Tokarev who also worked for Matveev, visited him in his home in Zhulebino, Moscow to celebrate his birthday. Putin brought him a wrist watch with the presidential coat of arms and a rare copy of a Pravda newspaper that was printed in 1927 – the year Matveev was born.[2]

References
  1. Politike.ru | Лазарь Матвеев | http://politike.ru/termin/matveev-lazar-lazarevich.html
  2. "Putin visits his former KGB boss on his 90th birthday (VIDEO)". RT. May 8, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
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