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Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announces the approval of the CoviVac vaccine for domestic use in Russia, becoming the third vaccine to be approved despite not yet having undergone any clinical trials.
2021-02-20

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announces that Energy Minister Alexander Novak has tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-08-18

At the 52nd Munich Security Conference in Germany, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO and Russia are "not in a cold-war situation but also not in the partnership that we established at the end of the Cold War" while the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says tensions between Russia and NATO have sent the world spiralling into a "new Cold War", blaming U.S. and European leaders for the souring of relations with Russia. He also rejected accusations that Russian warplanes have bombed civilians in Syria, saying it is "just not true".
2016-02-13

The Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev visits the disputed Kuril Islands prompting a protest from Japan.
2015-08-22

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev calls for Russian punk band Pussy Riot to be freed, saying that their further imprisonment is "unproductive".
2012-09-13

Tens of thousands rally at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium in support of the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's candidacy for President of Russia in the upcoming election on March 4th.
2012-02-23

At the United Russia Congress, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts President Dmitry Medvedev's proposal to run in the 2012 Russian presidential election.
2011-09-24

Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of Russia, bans export of flour and wheat from August 15 to December 31 due to the worst drought in Russian history.
2010-08-6

President Nicolas Sarkozy defends his plans to sell up to four French warships to Russia, despite concerns raised by his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili during talks taking place a few days before a visit to Paris of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
2010-06-9

Thousands of Russians demonstrate across the country against the policies of the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
2010-03-20