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2019 in Russia
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The following lists events from the year 2019 in Russia.
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Events
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- 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]
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Births
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- 21 May – Tengku Ismail Leon Petra, son of Muhammad V of Kelantan and Oksana Voevodina.[10]
Deaths
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February
- 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
- 1 March – Zhores Alferov, scientist (b. 1930)
April
- 27 April – Aleksey Lebed, politician (b. 1955)
May
- 9 May – Sergey Dorenko, journalist (b. 1959)
July
- 3 July – Arseny Mironov, aeronautical engineer (b. 1917)[13]
October
- 2 October – Evdokia Gaer educator, politician and human rights activist (b. 1934)[14]
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