During the Soviet era he worked with the
Communist Party daily
Moskovskaya Pravda. In early 1992, as part of the new government formed by
Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Poltoranin was among the several
Deputy Prime Ministers. His role was to oversee the ministries regarding the press and cultural sphere. In April of that year,
Vice President of Russia Alexander Rutskoy accused Yeltsin and his allies in various acts of corruption, including Poltoranin, who was accused of illegally selling off Russian property in
Berlin. On August 3–8, 1992, Poltoranin visited
Japan where he discussed the
Kuril Islands dispute with Japanese officials, and proposed to get the
United States involved in the question. The goal of this was to make sure that Russia's security interests in the region were addressed. Poltoranin ended up being sacked on 25 November 1992 from both his post as Minister of Information and Deputy Chairman of Government of the Russian Federation. This was largely viewed as a move to placate the conservative opposition by President Yeltsin, who wanted to win their support in the
Congress of People's Deputies of Russia for his economic plan. Poltoranin understood this and accepted the status of being a political sacrifice. ==Works==