The following lists events from the year 2019 in Russia
Incumbents
Governors
Amur Oblast : Vasily Orlov (ER )Arkhangelsk Oblast : Igor Orlov (ER )Astrakhan Oblast : Sergey Morozov (Acting, Independent, until June 5), Igor Babushkin (ER , starting June 5)Belgorod Oblast : Yevgeny Savchenko (ER )Bryansk Oblast : Alexander Bogomaz (ER )Chelyabinsk Oblast : Boris Dubrovsky (until March 19, ER ), Alexey Teksler (starting March 19, ER )Irkutsk Oblast : Sergey Levchenko (until December 12, CPRF ), Igor Kobzev (Acting, Independent, starting December 12)Ivanovo Oblast : Stanislav Voskresensky (ER )Kaliningrad Oblast : Anton Alikhanov (ER )Kaluga Oblast : Anatoly Artamonov (ER )Kemerovo Oblast : Sergey Tsivilyov (ER )Kirov Oblast : Igor Vasilyev (ER )Kostroma Oblast : Sergey Sitnikov (ER )Kurgan Oblast : Vadim Shumkov (ER )Kursk Oblast : Roman Starovoyt (ER )Leningrad Oblast : Alexander Drozdenko (ER )Lipetsk Oblast : Igor Artamonov (ER )Magadan Oblast : Sergey Nosov (ER )Moscow Oblast : Andrey Vorobyov (ER )Murmansk Oblast : Marina Kovtun (until March 21, ER ), Andrey Chibis (starting March 21, ER )Nizhny Novgorod Oblast : Gleb Nikitin (ER )Novgorod Oblast : Andrey Nikitin (ER )Novosibirsk Oblast : Andrey Travnikov (ER )Omsk Oblast : Alexander Burkov (A Just Russia )Orenburg Oblast : Yury Berg (until March 21, ER ), Denis Pasler (starting March 21, ER )Oryol Oblast : Andrey Klychkov (CPRF )Penza Oblast : Ivan Belozertsev (ER )Pskov Oblast : Mikhail Vedernikov (ER )Rostov Oblast : Vasily Golubev (ER )Ryazan Oblast : Nikolay Lyubimov (ER )Sakhalin Oblast : Valery Limarenko (ER )Samara Oblast : Dmitry Azarov (ER )Saratov Oblast : Valery Radaev (ER )Smolensk Oblast : Alexey Ostrovsky (LDPR )Tambov Oblast: Aleksandr Nikitin (ER )
Tomsk Oblast : Sergey Zhvachkin (ER )Tula Oblast : Alexey Dyumin (Independent / ER ally)Tver Oblast : Igor Rudenya (ER )Tyumen Oblast : Aleksandr Moor (ER )Ulyanovsk Oblast : Sergey Morozov (ER )Vladimir Oblast : Vladimir Sipyagin (LDPR )Volgograd Oblast : Andrey Bocharov (ER )Vologda Oblast : Oleg Kuvshinnikov (ER )Voronezh Oblast : Alexander Gusev (ER )Yaroslavl Oblast : Dmitry Mironov (Independent / ER ally)Jewish Autonomous Oblast : Alexander Levintal (until December 30, ER ), Rostislav Goldstein (starting December 30, ER )
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]
References
↑ "Russia's military shows off hardware seized in Syria" . Reuters . 27 February 2019.↑ Amy Knight (March 4, 2019). "The Price of Doing Business in Russia: Prison" . New York Review of Books . Retrieved March 4, 2019 . ↑ "Russia charges US investor with fraud in high-profile case" . BBC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019 .↑ mathieu (2019-02-28). "Just one day to the big show – preview to Winter Universiade 2019" . FISU . Retrieved 2024-07-19 . ↑ Bennetts, Marc (6 March 2019). "Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 October 2019 . ↑ "7th grader who attacked school attempts to commit suicide" . Crime Russia. May 25, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .↑ "Russian Teenager Attacks Classmate With Axe, Cites Past School Shootings – Reports" . The Moscow Times . 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-13 .↑ 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 . ↑ "FILMMAKER OLEG SENTSOV AND OTHERS FREED IN PRISONER SWAP" , Amnesty International/USA , retrieved Sep 7, 2019 ↑ "Malaysia's Sultan Muhammad V has baby boy with Russian wife" . South China Morning Post . 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2024-07-19 .↑ Михеева, Ирина (February 3, 2019). "Агент назвал причину смерти Децла" . Известия . Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. ↑ Shornikov, A. M. "Димитриева Валентина Димитриевна" [ Dimitrieva Valentina Dimitrievna] . Chuvash encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022 . ↑ Знаменская, Эла (July 3, 2019). "Прощание с легендой: не стало Арсения Дмитриевич Миронова" . Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. ↑ 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 .
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