Lazar Matveev

Lazar Lazarevich Matveev (Russian: Ла́зарь Лазаре́вич Матве́ев; born 17 April 1927) is a Russian intelligence leader and 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]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Lazarevich and the family name is Matveev.
Lazar Matveev
Matveev during meeting with Russian President Putin in 2017
Birth nameLazar Lazarevich Matveev
Born (1927-04-17) April 17, 1927
Krasnoyarsk Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union (Now Russia)
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchKGB

On 8 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 the Pravda newspaper that was published on 17 April 1927 – the day Matveev was born.[2]

References
  1. Politike.ru | Лазарь Матвеев | http://politike.ru/termin/matveev-lazar-lazarevich.html
  2. Radina Gigova. "Putin visits former KGB boss on eve of Victory Day". CNN. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
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