2019 in Russia

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The following lists events from the year 2019 in Russia .

Incumbents

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev

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.
• 28 May– in the village of Bolshevik in Volsk, Russia 15-year-old seventh-grader Daniil Pulkin threw two Molotov cocktails and hit a 12-year-old girl on the head with an axe, after which he fled the scene of the crime. The attacker was detained the same day. ^{[6] [7]}
• July–September – 2019 Moscow protests caused by the situation with the 2019 Moscow City Duma elections.
• 8 August – Nyonoksa radiation accident causes 5 immediate deaths.
• 15 August – Ural Airlines Flight 178 crashed, all on board survived. ^[8]
• 7 September – Filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. ^[9]

Births

• 21 May – Tengku Ismail Leon Petra, son of Muhammad V of Kelantan and Oksana Voevodina. ^[10]

Deaths

Further information: Category:2019 deaths and Deaths in 2019

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2019

• 3 February – Detsl, hip hop artist. ^[11]
• 4 February – Evgeniy Aleksandrov, footballer (b. 1952)
• 8 February – Sergei Yursky, actor (b. 1935)
• 18 February – Valentina Dimitrieva, farm worker (b. 1937). ^[12]

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2019

• 1 March – Zhores Alferov, scientist (b. 1930)

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2019

• 27 April – Aleksey Lebed, politician (b. 1955)

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2019

• 9 May – Sergey Dorenko, journalist (b. 1959)

July

Main article: Deaths in July 2019

• 3 July – Arseny Mironov, aeronautical engineer (b. 1917) ^[13]

October

Main article: Deaths in October 2019

• 2 October – Evdokia Gaer educator, politician and human rights activist (b. 1934) ^[14]

References

1. "Russia's military shows off hardware seized in Syria". Reuters. 27 February 2019.
2. Amy Knight (March 4, 2019). "The Price of Doing Business in Russia: Prison". New York Review of Books . Retrieved March 4, 2019.
3. "Russia charges US investor with fraud in high-profile case". BBC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
4. mathieu (2019-02-28). "Just one day to the big show – preview to Winter Universiade 2019". FISU. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
5. Bennetts, Marc (6 March 2019). "Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
6. "7th grader who attacked school attempts to commit suicide". Crime Russia. May 25, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Russian Teenager Attacks Classmate With Axe, Cites Past School Shootings – Reports". The Moscow Times. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
8. 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.
9. "FILMMAKER OLEG SENTSOV AND OTHERS FREED IN PRISONER SWAP", Amnesty International/USA, retrieved Sep 7, 2019
10. "Malaysia's Sultan Muhammad V has baby boy with Russian wife". South China Morning Post. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
11. Михеева, Ирина (February 3, 2019). "Агент назвал причину смерти Децла". Известия. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019.
12. Shornikov, A. M. "Димитриева Валентина Димитриевна" [Dimitrieva Valentina Dimitrievna]. Chuvash encyclopedia  ( cv; ru; uk ) (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
13. Знаменская, Эла (July 3, 2019). "Прощание с легендой: не стало Арсения Дмитриевич Миронова". Archived from the original on July 3, 2019.
14. Batyanova, Elena Petrovna; Zorin, Vladimir Yurievich; Shpinev, ladimir Nikolaevich (2021). "«Мы должны сохранить традиционную культуру…» Памяти Евдокии Александровны Гаер" ["We must preserve traditional culture…" In memory of Evdokia Alexandrovna Gaer](PDF). Scholarly Almanac "Traditional Culture". 22 (2). doi:10.26158/TK.2021.22.2.017 . Retrieved 24 June 2025.