2026 in Russia

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Events in the year 2026 in Russia .

Events

January

• 5 January – Three people are injured in a polar bear attack in Nosok, Krasnoyarsk Krai. ^[1]
• 8 January – Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher imprisoned in Russia since 2024 on charges of failing to register as a "foreign agent", is released in a prisoner swap in exchange for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, who had been detained in France since 2025 on suspicion of involvement in cyberhacking. ^[2]
• 13 January – Russia expels a British diplomat after accusing him of spying. ^[3]
• 14 January – Two senior doctors are arrested over the suspicious deaths of nine newborn infants at a maternity hospital in Novokuznetsk from 4 to 12 January. ^[4]
• 15 January –
  • Nine people are injured in an explosion at a police training center in Syktyvkar. ^[5]
  • Two people are killed after being buried by falling snow piles from buildings in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. ^[6]

Predicted and scheduled

• By 20 September – 2026 Russian legislative election

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Russia

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

• 1–8 January – New Year's Day and Holidays
• 7 January – Christmas (Orthodox)
• 23 February – Defender of the Fatherland Day
• 24 February – Defender of the Fatherland Holiday
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 9 March – International Women's Day Holiday
• 1 May – Spring and Labour Day
• 9 May – Victory Day
• 12 June – Russia Day
• 4 November – Unity Day

Deaths

• 1 January – Mukhsin Mukhamadiev, 59, Tajik-Russian football player (Tajikistan national team, Russia national team) and manager (Tajikistan national team) ^[9]
• 8 January – Evgeny Lyubivyi, 51, politician. ^[10]
• 11 January – Pavel Akishev, 42, baseball player (national team) (death announced on this date). ^[11]
• 14 January – Layonel Adams, 31, footballer (Banants, Cerceda, Isloch Minsk Raion). ^[12]

References

1. "Three hurt in polar bear attack in remote Siberian village". France 24. 5 January 2025.
2. "Russia Releases French Researcher in Prisoner Exchange". The Moscow Times. 8 January 2025.
3. "Russia Orders Expulsion of British Diplomat Accused of Espionage". The Moscow Times. 15 January 2025.
4. "Police Arrest Chief Physician and Intensive Care Head at Siberian Hospital Where Newborns Died". The Moscow Times. 15 January 2025.
5. "Blast at Russian Police Training Center Injures 9 in Republic of Komi". The Moscow Times. 15 January 2025.
6. "Falling Snow Kills 2 in Kamchatka as Winter Storms Slam Far East". The Moscow Times. 15 January 2025.
7. "Russia Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "Holidays and Observances in Russia in 2026". Time and Date. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "Умер бывший футболист "Спартака" Мухсин Мухамадиев". TACC.
10. "В Кургане погиб экс-глава Калининграда Евгений Любивый". РБК (in Russian). 9 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
11. "Умер бывший бейсболист сборной России Павел Акишев". TACC (in Russian). Retrieved 11 January 2026.
12. "В полиции подтвердили гибель экс‑футболиста ЦСКА Адамса" [Police confirmed death of ex-CSKA footballer Adams] (in Russian). Match TV. 14 January 2026.

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