Vladimir Putin on 18 January 2023Russian student Dmitry Ivanov was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for speaking out about war crimes in UkraineMeeting between Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, 21 March 2023
21 February – during the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin announced Russia's suspension of participation in the New START treaty, stating that Russia would not allow the US and NATO to inspect its nuclear facilities. He claimed the United States was continuing to develop new nuclear weapons, and if the U.S. conducted any nuclear weapons tests, then Russia would develop and test its own.[1][2][3]
Russia announces a ban on Armeniandairy imports amid a continued worsening of relations between the two countries.
27 April – the Moscow City Court ordered the SOVA Center which monitored nationalist and racist movements in Russia to close over claims that it carried out its activities throughout Russia despite only being registered in Moscow. The order occurred during a crackdown on human rights and independent organizations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[15]
13 June- Russia hints at possibly leaving the Black Sea grain deal. President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is contemplating withdrawing from Black Sea grain deal. Putin said Russia entered the Black Sea grain deal to help “friendly” countries in Africa and Latin America and maintain good relationships but they were deceived by the west.[18]
14 June- The State Duma gives preliminary approval to a bill Banning Gender reassignment and outlaws changing birth gender on documents.[19][20][21]Putin and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in St. Petersburg, 17 June 2023
22 June 2023 – Russian pensioner Igor Baryshnikov was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on charges of spreading "false information" about the Russian military, despite a serious illness.[22]
24 June – The Wagner Group rebellion was abruptly halted by a deal brokered by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.
27 June – Russia drops all charges against Wagner Group. The defence ministry also announced that the group will be disarmed.[24]
14 July – The State Duma approves bill banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgeries.[25]
17 July – Russia officially pulls out of the Black Sea grain deal.[26]
24 July – President Putin signs into law the law banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgeries.[27][28][29]
7 August 2023 – Russian science fiction writer Dmitry Glukhovsky was sentenced to 8 years in prison for spreading "false information" about Russia's armed forces.[30]
14 August – At least 35 people are killed and 105 others are injured in an explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala, Dagestan.[31]
The Russian government summons the ambassador of Armenia to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing of deterioration of relations between the two nations.[34]
4 October 2023 – Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to 8.5 years in prison for "spreading false information" about the Russian Army.[42]
12 October – The United Nations Human Rights Council extends a special rapporteur's mandate to investigate human rights violations in Russia for an additional year, despite Russia's previous refusal to recognize the rapporteur's mandate or permit her entry into the country.[43]
13 October – Russian police detain one of the lawyers of Alexei Navalny and raid the houses of the other two, accusing them of belonging to an extremist organization.[44]Putin with Kremlin-controlled religious leaders during the official celebrations of the National Unity Day, 4 November 2023
Illustration depicting Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko, who was arrested for replacing supermarket price tags with anti-war messages
16 November 2023 – Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans in 2022.[51]
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