National Jul 26, 2021
The visit to Etorofu Island by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is the first trip to the disputed isles by a prime minister since August 2019.
Commentary / World Jan 4, 2021
The Kremlin’s new man will keep us guessing
by Clara Ferreira Marques
Just as Vladimir Putin was helped by academic-turned-St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly Sobchak, Mikhail Mishustin was a protege of former finance minister and reformer Boris Fyodorov.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Feb 4, 2020
Russia halts trains to China and may deport foreigners with coronavirus
Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak that has killed 361 people. Russia, which has a 4,300-km (2,670-mile) land ...
World / Politics Jan 22, 2020
Key ministers remain as Russia gets new government in what Putin calls 'major renewal'
by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Maria Kiselyova
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new government on Tuesday which he described as a break with the past, bringing in some fresh faces but retaining many senior ministers. The new government included a new economy minister and a new first deputy prime minister, but ...