Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is a Russian politician and economist serving as the prime minister of Russia since 16 January 2020.
40 Facts About Mikhail Mishustin
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Mikhail Mishustin previously served as the director of the Federal Taxation Service from 2010 to 2020.
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President Vladimir Putin nominated Mishustin to become prime minister on 15 January 2020, following the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev and the rest of the government to allow for sweeping constitutional changes.
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Mikhail Mishustin was diagnosed with COVID-19 April 2020; Andrey Belousov served as Acting Prime Minister from 30 April to 19 May 2020 as a result.
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Mikhail Mishustin has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Mikhail Mishustin was born on 3 March 1966 in Lobnya, a town very close to Moscow, to the Mishustin family, Vladimir Moiseyevich and Luiza Mikhailovna.
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Mikhail Mishustin's mother was born in the city of Kotlas in the Arkhangelsk region while Mishustin's father, a Jew from Belarus, was born in Polotsk.
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Vladimir Moiseyevich Mikhail Mishustin was a member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
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In 1992, Mikhail Mishustin began working at the International Computer Club, where he worked on facilitating the integration of Russian and Western information technologies.
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Mikhail Mishustin ultimately headed the board of the International Computer Club.
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Mikhail Mishustin worked as head of the Federal Agency for Real Estate Cadastre within the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, and head of the Federal Agency for Managing Special Economic Zones.
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In 2008, Mikhail Mishustin left the civil service and returned to the private sector.
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Mikhail Mishustin spent two years as the president of UFG Asset Management, an investment fund, before resigning to become head of the Federal Tax Service.
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Mikhail Mishustin emphasized digitization and big data, making extensive use of "techno-authoritarian" systems of government surveillance of economic activity, including the collection of data on almost every transaction in Russia.
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On 21 January 2020, Mikhail Mishustin presented to President Vladimir Putin a draft structure of his Cabinet.
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Mikhail Mishustin gathered a team of his own people and associates.
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On 26 March 2020, Mikhail Mishustin proposed to restore the Government's Presidium, a body in the structure of the Cabinet formed to solve operational issues.
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Mikhail Mishustin cut the Federal budget for 2020 to 2022, in correspondence to the 2020 Presidential Address to the Parliament.
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Mikhail Mishustin engaged in the digital economy and promised support to large companies.
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Mikhail Mishustin suggested creating a common electronic income database for Russians, where all citizens' incomes will be tracked.
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Since February 2020, Mikhail Mishustin has started traveling around the country to make a real assessment of living conditions in various regions and identify issues on which it is necessary to strengthen work.
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In July 2020, after a decline in the active spread of the virus and the lifting of restrictions related to the pandemic, Mikhail Mishustin resumed his trips, visiting Tatarstan.
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On 27 January 2020, Mikhail Mishustin instructed the formation of an operational headquarters for the prevention of COVID-19 and on 29 January, approved its composition.
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However, according to Dmitry Peskov, Mikhail Mishustin's Coordinating Council is more important than Sobyanin's Working Group.
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Mikhail Mishustin announced a bill that would raise fines for breaching quarantine requirements.
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Mikhail Mishustin was the highest-ranking Russian official and the second head of government in the world to become infected with the virus.
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On 1 June 2020, Mikhail Mishustin announced that a national plan to restore the economy, employment and income of the population after the coronavirus pandemic was ready and on 2 June he presented the plan to President Putin.
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In June 2020, Mikhail Mishustin proposed a tax maneuver for IT companies in order to reduce the load and create a comfortable competitive regime in this area.
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On 9 July 2020, Mikhail Mishustin visited Tatarstan where he took part in the IT conference, where he met with the managers of the country's leading IT companies.
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Mikhail Mishustin called this construction the largest road project in Russia.
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On 16 November 2020, Mikhail Mishustin announced an administrative reform aimed at optimizing the state apparatus and its efficiency.
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On 23 November 2020, Mikhail Mishustin announced the optimization of the so-called development institutions.
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Mikhail Mishustin was sanctioned by New Zealand in relation to the invasion.
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Mikhail Mishustin is an avid spectator of the sport, and is a member of the supervisory board of HC CSKA Moscow.
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On 30 April 2020, Mikhail Mishustin tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.
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Mikhail Mishustin informed President Vladimir Putin of his infection via a video-call.
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Mikhail Mishustin was the first high-ranking Russian official to disclose his coronavirus infection to the public.
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Mikhail Mishustin's diagnosis made him the most high-profile political figure in Russia to contract the coronavirus.
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Mikhail Mishustin's family owns real estate valued at $48.2 million in the Moscow area.
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On 16 January 2020, the Russia-based Anti-Corruption Foundation called on Mikhail Mishustin to explain how his wife earned almost 800 million rubles over 9 years.