Russian president’s supporters praise Mikhail Mishustin as technocrat and self-made man
Russian opposition figures have raised questions about how Vladimir Putin‘s surprise choice for new prime minister has acquired properties worth millions of dollars.
Meanwhile the Russian president’s allies rushed on Thursday to support Mikhail Mishustin, the former head of Russia‘s tax service, who claimed to have been stunned and “not [to have] slept all night” after Putin named him the replacement for Dmitry Medvedev.
Source: Putin opponents ask how his PM choice owns million dollar properties
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