Tag: Mikhail Mishustin

• Friday, May 1st 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Russian Prime Minister in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

  

  Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has told President Vladimir Putin that he had been diagnosed with the coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down to recover. Mishustin, 54, suggested that First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov serve as acting prime minister in his absence. Putin, who appointed Mishustin in January, supported the proposal.

• Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Russian economy battered by the oil price war with Saudi Arabia

  

  Russia, hit by falling oil prices and the coronavirus outbreak, has announced the formation of a US$4 billion fund as part of a package of measures to support the economy.