Former Defense Minister and Special Representative of the President of #Russia Sergei Ivanov Dies Former Defense Minister and formerly one of the country's most influential politicians, Sergei Ivanov, has died at the age of 73. He was born on January 31, 1953, in Leningrad. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Leningrad State University and joined the KGB of the USSR. He worked in foreign intelligence, including abroad. After the collapse of the USSR