Mikhail Mishustin

No. 18: Mikhail Mishustin: Russia's PM, Putin's most trusted problem-solver

The son of a Jewish father from Polotsk, Mikhail Mishustin has risen to become Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most trusted administrator and problem-solver.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2025ByALEX WINSTON
Mikhail Mishustin.

Russian Prime Minister reports he has coronavirus and will self-isolate

Russia this week overtook China and Iran in the number of confirmed cases arising from the global pandemic.

APRIL 30, 2020ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. Picture taken April 11, 2017.