PremiumThis is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 12, 1986.2 min readNov 12, 2026 06:58 AM IST First published on: Nov 12, 2026 at 06:40 AM ISTVyacheslav Molotov, Soviet premier for 11 years until he stepped down in 1941 for Joseph Stalin, and long-serving foreign minister, died in Moscow on November 8 aged 96. A Soviet cabinet announcement last night said he died after a lengthy and grave illness. The Kremlin’s number two man under Stalin, he represented the Soviet Union at many post-War international conferences, including the 1945 San Francisco conference at which the UN was founded.Buta Singh vs SGPC ShareWhatsapptwitterFacebook