List of events
The following lists events from the year 2019 in Russia .
Incumbents
Events
2019 Moscow protests
February – The Russian military launches a nationwide tour to parade war trophies from its intervention in the Syrian civil war .[1]
14 February – Michael Calvey , the founder of the Moscow-based private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners , was arrested on suspicion of alleged embezzlement.[2] [3]
2–12 March – 2019 Winter Universiade , a multi-sport event in Krasnoyarsk , Russia.[4]
6 March – the Russian Federal Assembly passed a law criminalising publication of online statements that are found "indecent" or "disrespectful" towards Russian state or government officials (including the president) , stipulating fines of up to 100,000 roubles for first-time offenders, and 200,000 roubles or up to 15 days imprisonment for repeat.[5]
5 May – Aeroflot Flight 1492 crashes and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport , killing 41 people on board.
July–September – 2019 Moscow protests caused by the situation with the 2019 Moscow City Duma elections .
8 August – Nyonoksa radiation accident caused 5 immediate deaths.
15 August – Ural Airlines Flight 178 crashed, all on board survived.[6]
7 September – Filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and 66 others have been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia .[7]
Births
Deaths
February
March
April
May
July
See also
References
^ "Russia's military shows off hardware seized in Syria" . Reuters . 27 February 2019.
^ Amy Knight (March 4, 2019). "The Price of Doing Business in Russia: Prison" . New York Review of Books . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
^ "Russia charges US investor with fraud in high-profile case" . BBC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019 .
^ mathieu (2019-02-28). "Just one day to the big show – preview to Winter Universiade 2019" . FISU . Retrieved 2024-07-19 .
^ Bennetts, Marc (6 March 2019). "Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 October 2019 .
^ Reporter, Brendan Cole Senior News (2019-08-15). "Russian Plane With 234 On Board Crash-lands in Cornfield After Bird Strike" . Newsweek . Retrieved 2024-07-19 .
^ "FILMMAKER OLEG SENTSOV AND OTHERS FREED IN PRISONER SWAP" , Amnesty International/USA , retrieved Sep 7, 2019
^ "Malaysia's Sultan Muhammad V has baby boy with Russian wife" . South China Morning Post . 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2024-07-19 .
^ Михеева, Ирина (February 3, 2019). "Агент назвал причину смерти Децла" . Известия . Archived from the original on February 3, 2019.
^ Shornikov, A. M. "Димитриева Валентина Димитриевна" [Dimitrieva Valentina Dimitrievna]. Chuvash encyclopedia [cv ; ru ; uk ] (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022 .
^ Знаменская, Эла (July 3, 2019). "Прощание с легендой: не стало Арсения Дмитриевич Миронова" . Archived from the original on July 3, 2019.
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