 From 1980 to 1988, he worked at “Luch” Research-Industrial Association.From 1983 to 1988, Chemezov served as the head of the Luch Association representative office in East Germany, where he met Vladimir Putin and Nikolay Tokarev.Nikolay Tokarev, Chemezov, and Vladimir Putin worked for their KGB boss Lazar Matveev while in East Germany and both Chermazov and Putin lived in the same block of flats in Dresden.