The IMF will begin its first mission to Russia since the COVID-19 pandemic in online format on Sept. 16, Russian Executive Director at the IMF Aleksei Mozhin told Reuters on Tuesday, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

The mission will be headed by Argentina's Jacques Miniane.

"The mission, the first since the COVID pandemic, will start working on Sept. 16 online, and then will visit Russia for meetings," Mozhin said.