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Mikhail Mishustin is a Russian politician and economist serving as prime minister of Russia since January 2020. He was nominated by President Vladimir Putin on the 15th of January 2020 and confirmed by the State Duma the following day, in a vote that was the first in Russian history with no votes against.
As head of the Federal Tax Service from 2010 to 2020, Mishustin introduced mandatory real-time electronic reporting for all retailers and required all business-to-business invoices to be submitted to the government. The system used artificial intelligence to identify suspected tax evaders, and the VAT gap reportedly fell from 20% to less than 1% during his tenure.
Yes. Mishustin tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the 30th of April 2020. He was the highest-ranking Russian official to publicly disclose a coronavirus infection and the second head of government in the world to become infected, after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He returned to his duties on the 19th of May 2020.
Mishustin graduated from STANKIN in system engineering in 1989 and completed postgraduate studies there in 1992. He earned a PhD in Economics from the Plekhanov University in 2003, and in 2010 received a Doctor of Science in Economics from the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Mishustin is under personal sanctions imposed by the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and New Zealand due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mishustin plays ice hockey and sits on the supervisory board of HC CSKA Moscow. He is also an amateur pianist who has written pop music as a hobby, including songs for the singer Grigory Leps. His shared enthusiasm for ice hockey with Vladimir Putin was reported to have helped build their relationship before his selection as prime minister.