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Events from the year 2012 in the Russia

Incumbents[]

  • President of Russia – Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia) 7 May Vladimir Putin (United Russia) 7 May
  • Prime Minister of Russia – Vladimir Putin United Russia) 7 May Viktor Zubkov 8 May Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia)

Events[]

  • January 9 - Insurgency in the North Caucasus: Clashes occur between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Vedensky District, Chechnya, with reportedly 8 killed and 16 wounded.[1]
  • January 15 - Russia's unmanned Fobos-Grunt space probe re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after a failed mission to the Martian moon Phobos. The 13-ton spacecraft disintegrates over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 16:45 UTC. China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, which was launched together with Fobos-Grunt, is also destroyed.[2][3]
  • January 27 - Insurgency in the North Caucasus: 13 people are killed in three separate clashes between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkariya.[4]
  • February 13–17 - 2012 Nozhay-Yurtovsky District clashes.
  • March 4 - The 2012 Presidential election is held.
  • May 7 - Putin was inaugurated as President
  • May 8 - Medvedev appointed as Prime Minister and later he became leader of the United Russia Party
  • May 21 - new cabinet was formed.
  • June 3–4 - The European Union-Russia Summit in Saint Petersburg.
  • July - The Russian foreign agent law bill is introduced by legislators from the governing United Russia party.
  • July 20 - The Russian foreign agent law is signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The law requires non-profit organizations that receive foreign donations and engage in "political activity" to register and declare themselves as foreign agents
  • Stavropol region has a ban on hijabs in schools. the first of its kind imposed by a region in the Russian federation. The ruling was upheld by Russia's Supreme Court in July 2013.[5][6][7]

Notable deaths[]

Lyudmila Kasatkina
  • January 2 - Anatoly Kolesov, 73, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964), after long illness. (born )[8]
  • January 2 - Ivan Călin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009).[9]
  • January 3 - Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). (born )[10]
  • January 5 - Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).[11]
  • January 8 - Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist.[12]
  • January 9 - Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach.[13]
  • January 14 - Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer.[14]
  • January 15 - Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion.[15]
  • January 16 - Valentin Rusantsov, 72, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012).[16]
  • January 25 - Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer.[17]
  • January 27 - , 35, Russian rebel leader, shot.[18]
  • February 6 - , 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack.[19]
  • February 11 - Sergey Kolosov, 90, Russian film director, People's Artist of the USSR.[20]
  • February 17 - , 66, Russian ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet).[21]
  • February 20 - Asar Eppel, 77, Russian translator, stroke.[22]
  • February 20 - Vitaly Vorotnikov, 86, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1988–1990).[23]
  • February 22 - Lyudmila Kasatkina, 86, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.[24]
  • March 28 - Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter.[25]
  • June 4 - Eduard Khil, 77, Russian baritone singer.[26]

See also[]

  • List of Russian films of 2012

References[]

  1. ^ Eight killed in clash in Russia’s Chechnya | Russia | RIA Novosti
  2. ^ BBC News - Phobos-Grunt: Failed probe 'falls over Pacific'
  3. ^ "Phobos Grunt Re Entry Information - SPACEFLIGHT101". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  4. ^ The Associated Press: 13 killed in clashes in Russia's volatile Caucasus
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/world/europe/russian-regions-hijab-ban-puts-squeeze-on-muslims.html
  6. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13038095
  7. ^ https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Supreme-Court-confirmation:-prohibited-to-wear-hijab-in-Russian-high-schools-28440.html
  8. ^ Умер олимпийский чемпион по классической борьбе Анатолий Колесов — Газета.Ru | Спорт
  9. ^ MOLDNEWS || В Кишиневе скончался экс-депутат, член ЦК ПКРМ Иван Калин
  10. ^ Новости@Mail.Ru: Страница не найдена Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ В Петербурге умер самый большой человек России баскетболист Александр Сизоненко // KP.RU
  12. ^ Умер Дмитрий Алексеевич Мачинский — Когита!ру
  13. ^ Умер Петр Василевский футболист "золотого состава" минского "Динамо" » UDF.BY | Новости Беларуси
  14. ^ В Северной Осетии умер знаменитый футболист "Ангушта" // KP.RU
  15. ^ Умер советский олимпийский чемпион по хоккею — Рамблер-Новости
  16. ^ Портал-Credo.Ru - Repose of Metropolitan Valentine, First Hiearch of ROAC
  17. ^ Lenta.ru: О высоком: Умер писатель Александр Житинский
  18. ^ Militant Leader Killed in Russia’s North Caucasus | Crime | RIA Novosti
  19. ^ Russians Abandon K2 Winter Attempt After Team Member Dies
  20. ^ На 91-м году жизни скончался режиссер Сергей Колосов - Новости - Интерфакс
  21. ^ Ъ-Online - В Москве скончалась выдающаяся балерина Татьяна Голикова
  22. ^ Ъ-Газета - Человек своего слова
  23. ^ Vitali Vorotnikov, Former Soviet Ambassador to Cuba, Dies
  24. ^ Ъ-Online - Умерла Людмила Касаткина
  25. ^ "В Париже скончался русский художник Эдуард Штейнберг (Russian)". РИА Новости. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  26. ^ В Санкт-Петербурге скончался Эдуард Хиль, retrieved 2016-12-19 (Russian)

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