Mikhail Mishustin
Prime Minister of Russia since 2020
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| November 2024 | Participated in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he highlighted Russia's reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by over 50% compared to 1990 levels and outlined Russia's plan to become carbon neutral by 2060. |
| November 2024 | Participated in the Russian Transport Forum, where he outlined plans to increase flight intensity in Russia by 1.5 times over the next six years, including modernizing over a third of the country's airport infrastructure. |
| July 2024 | Mikhail Mishustin announced the signing of a concession agreement to launch the construction of the Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway. |
| May 14 2024 | The State Duma approved candidates for Federal Ministers. President Putin appointed the approved nominees for Deputy Prime Ministers and Federal Ministers. |
| May 13 2024 | The State Duma approved candidates for the positions of First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers. |
| May 11 2024 | President Vladimir Putin approved the structure of the new Cabinet of Ministers, which largely remained unchanged from the previous cabinet. Mishustin nominated candidates for Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers on the same day. |
| May 10 2024 | The State Duma approved Mishustin as Prime Minister for a second term. |
| May 9 2024 | Putin nominated Mishustin for a second term as Prime Minister. |
| May 7 2024 | Mishustin resigned along with the government after Vladimir Putin's inauguration. |
| April 2024 | Emphasized Russia's commitment to maintaining presence in key regional international organizations like BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and spoke about deepening diplomatic dialogues amid Western sanctions. |
| October 2023 | Held a strategic session of the Russian Government on migration policy, calling for better control of migration flows, implementing an electronic register of migrant workers, and enhancing identification of potential illegal migrants. |
| May 2023 | Visited Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, highlighting the 'unprecedented high level' of relations between Russia and China. |
| February 2022 | Mishustin approved the environmental development program until 2030, which includes creating technological solutions for climate study, climate change adaptation mechanisms, and measures to reduce negative environmental gas impacts. |
| 2021 | Mikhail Mishustin emphasized nature protection as a priority of governmental policy, focusing on reducing dangerous pollutant emissions, eliminating landfills, converting public transport to alternative fuels, and creating a modern waste recycling infrastructure. |
| March 25 2021 | Received the Gold Medal of Honour of the City of Athens, a prestigious foreign recognition of his diplomatic or official contributions. |
| 2020 | Proposed creating a common electronic income database to track all citizens' incomes across Russia. |
| 2020 | Mishustin cut the Federal budget for 2020 to 2022 in line with the Presidential Address to the Parliament, focusing on supporting the digital economy and large companies. |
| December 18 2020 | Mishustin's sister Natalya Stenina's marriage to Alexander Evgenievich Udodov ended. |
| November 23 2020 | Mishustin announced the optimization of development institutions, proposing to form an investment block based on VEB.RF by transferring management of state funds, agencies, and innovation-focused companies, and consolidating the functions of abolished institutions. |
| November 16 2020 | Mikhail Mishustin announced an administrative reform to optimize the state apparatus, planning to reduce civil servants, standardize federal executive bodies, and reorganize federal state unitary enterprises through liquidation or transformation into joint-stock companies with potential privatization. |
| July 10 2020 | During a trip to Tatarstan, Mishustin launched the construction of the Moscow – Kazan highway, a major road project in Russia. He instructed the highway be completed by 2024, three years ahead of the original schedule, and promised additional funding to support the project. |
| July 9 2020 | Mishustin visited Tatarstan and participated in an IT conference, meeting with managers of leading IT companies. He outlined the government's program for IT industry development, emphasizing Russia's goal to become a leader in digitalization. |
| June 23 2020 | President Putin officially announced the tax maneuver prepared by Mishustin for the IT industry. |
| June 2 2020 | Presented the economic recovery plan to President Putin, which included 3 stages, 9 sections, 30 priority areas, and about 500 events. |
| June 1 2020 | Announced a national plan to restore the economy, employment, and income after the coronavirus pandemic. |
| May 19 2020 | Resumed duties as Prime Minister after recovering from COVID-19. |
| April 30 2020 | Tested positive for COVID-19 and recommended his deputy Andrey Belousov as acting Prime Minister to President Putin. |
| April 1 2020 | Announced the creation of a system to track quarantine violations using mobile network operator data. |
| March 27 2020 | Ordered cancellation of all reservations at pensions and holiday houses from 28 March to 1 June, recommended closing resort pistes, and instructed public eating places to suspend activities from 28 March to 5 April. |
| March 26 2020 | Mishustin proposed restoring the Government's Presidium, a body in the Cabinet structure designed to solve operational issues, which had previously been abolished in Medvedev's Second Cabinet. |
| March 20 2020 | Restricted flights to the United States, United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates, and announced that six COVID-19 treatment drugs were being developed and tested in Russia. |
| March 18 2020 | Imposed an entry ban for foreigners from 18 March to 1 May and announced measures to support businesses, including tax deferrals for travel agencies and small businesses. |
| March 16 2020 | Limited flights to and from the European Union, Norway, and Switzerland to only regular flights between capital cities and Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. |
| March 14 2020 | Created a Coordinating Council for the fight against coronavirus, which he personally headed. |
| February 2020 | Mishustin began traveling around Russia to assess living conditions in different regions, starting with visits to Novgorod, Kurgan, Yaroslavl, and Kostroma oblasts before the coronavirus pandemic. |
| February 18 2020 | Signed an order banning Chinese citizens from entering Russia, which went into effect on 20 February. |
| January 30 2020 | Signed an order to close the borders with China in the Russian Far East. |
| January 29 2020 | Mishustin approved the composition of the COVID-19 operational headquarters, with Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova appointed as its chief. |
| January 27 2020 | Mishustin instructed the formation of an operational headquarters for the prevention of COVID-19. |
| January 21 2020 | Mikhail Mishustin presented a draft structure of his Cabinet to President Vladimir Putin, who subsequently signed a decree on the Cabinet structure and appointed the proposed Ministers. This marked Mishustin forming his 'own' cabinet, which was notable as he was the first Prime Minister besides Putin to do so in the 21st century. |
| January 19 2020 | A newspaper published a detailed analysis of Mishustin's financial activities, including his leadership of UFG Invest and the transfer of his assets to his wife when switching to civil service in 2010. |
| January 16 2020 | The Russia-based Anti-Corruption Foundation called on Mishustin to explain his wife's earnings of nearly 800 million rubles over 9 years. |
| January 16 2020 | Mikhail Mishustin unanimously approved as Prime Minister of Russia by State Duma, with 383 votes in favor, 0 against, and 41 abstaining |
| January 16 2020 | Confirmed as Prime Minister during hearings in the State Duma and officially took office on the same day. |
| January 15 2020 | President Vladimir Putin nominated Mishustin to become Prime Minister of Russia following the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev's government. |
| August 28 2019 | Received the Order of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov III degree, a significant ecclesiastical honor from the Russian Orthodox Church. |
| June 25 2017 | Awarded the Patriarchal Badge of the Temple Builder, recognizing his contributions to religious architectural projects or church-related initiatives. |
| July 16 2015 | Awarded the Order 'For Merit to the Fatherland', a prestigious state decoration signifying substantial service and contributions to the Russian state. |
| November 15 2013 | Received the Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, highlighting his notable achievements and recognition by the presidential administration. |
| December 29 2012 | Mikhail Mishustin was awarded the Order of Honour, recognizing his significant contributions and service to the Russian Federation. |
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