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Mikhail Mishustin

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Mikhail Mishustin, February 2026
Photo: State Duma press service (duma.gov.ru), CC BY 4.0

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation · Russia

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  1. “No doubt, the current situation could be called the most difficult in three decades for Russia [...] Such sanctions were not used even in the darkest times of the Cold War.”

    English: Press TV, "PM Mishustin says Russia facing most difficult situation in three decades" (7 April 2022), as reproduced by GlobalSecurity.org. Original-language text not found.

    April 7, 2022 · Speech · Moscow, State Duma Verified (secondary source)

    Mishustin addressed the lower house of parliament about the effect of the sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

    Speech by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in the State Duma, 7 April 2022, as reported by Press TV Source

  2. “Unprecedented sanctions were imposed on our country. But their initiators did not achieve their main objective. They failed to undermine our financial stability”

    English: AFP, as published by The Moscow Times, "Sanctions 'Failed' to Undermine Russia's Financial Stability – PM" (8 September 2022). Original-language text not found.

    September 8, 2022 · Speech · Moscow, Russia Verified (secondary source)

    Mishustin spoke to a financial forum in Moscow about the Russian economy during the first year of Western sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.

    Remarks by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a financial forum in Moscow, 8 September 2022, as reported by AFP Source

  3. “Last year, Russia was subjected to sanctions pressure on an unprecedented scale. Their aim was to destroy our economy, collapse the national currency, provoke devastating inflation. To hit the living standards of ordinary citizens. None of the things our critics dreamed of happened”

    English: Sputnik, "Russia's Detractors Failed to Break Country's Economy - PM Mishustin" (23 May 2023), as reproduced by GlobalSecurity.org. Original-language text not found.

    May 23, 2023 · Speech · Shanghai, China Verified (secondary source)

    Mishustin was on a visit to China and addressed a Russian-Chinese business forum about sanctions and trade between the two countries.

    Speech by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Russian-Chinese forum, Shanghai, 23 May 2023, as reported by Sputnik Source