The following lists some of the events from the year 2015 in

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Incumbents

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Events

January

* 1 January – Musa Zavgaev, known as Emir of the Nadterechny and Naursky Districts of Chechnya, and his accomplice, Bashir Omarov, were killed during a special operation in the outskirts of the village of Mekenskaya, Naursky District of

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. Both of them had directly involved in organizing the 4 December assault on

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. * 3 January – An image of a BPM-97 apparently inside

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, in

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; , ), also known as Lugansk (, ; , ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the population was estimated to be making Luhansk the Cities in Ukraine, 12th-largest city in Ukraine. Luhansk served as the administra ...

, appeared to deliver further evidence of a Russian military presence there. * 9 January – Russia bans transsexual and transgender individuals from obtaining driving licenses. * 12 January – A controversial drama film, ''

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'', directed by

Andrey Zvyagintsev Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (, ; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian filmmaker. His film '' The Return'' (2003) won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Following ''The Return'', Zvyagintsev directed '' The Banishment'' (2007) and '' ...

wins the Best Foreign Language Film award at the

72nd Golden Globe Awards The 72nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2014, was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 11, 2015, by NBC. The ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Producti ...

. * 13 January ** The

Islamic State The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS ...

releases a video of a young boy gunning down two alleged Russian FSB agents captured by the militants. **

War in Donbas The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014), began in April 2014, when Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Russian para ...

: *** A passenger bus has been shelled near

Volnovakha Volnovakha ( Ukrainian and Russian: , , ; ) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Volnovakha Raion within the oblast. As of January 2022, it had a population of The train station is a railway h ...

south of the city of Donetsk, killing 12 and wounding 18 civilians. The Ukrainian authorities accused Russia and its backed separatists for the incident. ** Mass protests in

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have taken place near the Russian consulate and the

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after a Russian soldier brutally murdered a local family of seven, including a two-year-old and a 6-month-old. * 15 January ** Russian financial crisis: *** One US dollar equals 66 Russian rubles.

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has downgraded Russia's government bond rating to Baa3/Prime 3 (P-3) from Baa2/Prime 2 (P-2).

February

* 27 February – Russian politician

Boris Nemtsov Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov; (9 October 195927 February 2015) was a Russian physicist, liberalism in Russia, liberal politician, and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reform ...

was shot and killed in the center of Moscow.

March

* 7 March – Russian authorities arrest two men, Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, suspects from the rebellious

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region, according to Russian state media reports, relying on a statement from the

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Director

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. However, Nemtsov's daughter, Zhanna Nemtsova, speaking from Germany, says she has no idea who they are. Many still suspect Russian governmental involvement in his death. * 11 March – A fire in the shopping center Admiral in

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kills 17 people and injures 55. * 15 March – The documentary film '' Crimea. The Way Home'' is released on

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and on YouTube.

April

* 2 April – The Russian-flagged fishing trawler ''Dalniy Vostok''

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off the

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in the

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, killing 56 of its 132 crew. Sixty-three people have been rescued by other fishing vessels, while 12 are still missing. * 4 April – Twenty-six workers of the

Vostochny Cosmodrome The Vostochny Cosmodrome () is a Russian space launch facility in the Amur Oblast, located above the 51st parallel north in the Russian Far East. It was built to help reduce Russia’s reliance on the Baikonur Cosmodrome which is located on lan ...

have begun a hunger strike, joining over 100 laborers protesting delayed wage payments since 24 March.

May

* 9 May - Russia's 2015 Victory Day Parade was held on

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, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the

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in 1945. Over 10,000 troops of the

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and 1,300 troops from 10 foreign countries were also on parade, including contingents from nations in the

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, as well as contingents from

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, and

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participated in the parade.

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November

* Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown

Scheduled

* 2008-2015 Federal program is expected to end.

Sports

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ...

will take place from 24 July to 9 August. * 2015 Bandy World Championship *

2014–15 Russian Premier League The 2014–15 Russian Premier League was the 23rd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 13th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season began on August 1, 2014, when Rubin Ka ...

2014–15 Russian Bandy Super League The 2014–15 Russian Bandy Super League was the 23rd season of the present highest Russian men's bandy top division, Russian Bandy Super League. The regular season began on 8 November 2014, and the final was played in Khabarovsk on 21 March 2015. ...

International sports competition

*Russia will participate in many international athletic competitions: 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2015 IIHF World Championship,

2015 European Figure Skating Championships The 2015 European Figure Skating Championships were held 26 January – 1 February 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. Overview The event was the first ...

, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1, and

2015 Rugby World Cup The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was ...

Deaths

January

* 1 January –

Boris Morukov Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (; 1 October 1950 – 1 January 2015) was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut and flew ...

, 64, physician and cosmonaut,

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. * 3 January – Olga Knyazeva, 60, fencer, Olympic champion (

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

). * 10 January – Denis Tsygurov, 43, ice hockey player (

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). * 12 January –

Elena Obraztsova Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova ( rus, Еле́на Васи́льевна Образцо́ва, , ɪ̯ɪˈlʲenə vɐˈsʲilʲɪ̯ɪvnə ɐbrɐˈstsovə; 7 July 1939 – 12 January 2015) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano. She was awarded the Pe ...

, 75, mezzo-soprano. * 15 January –

Rimma Markova Rimma Vasilievna Markova (; 3 March 1925 – 15 January 2015) was a Russian film actress. She was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1994, whereas her younger brother Leonid Markov was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1985. During her ...

, 89, actress. * 17 January –

Origa Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (, October 12, 1970 – January 17, 2015), better known as Origa, was a Russian singer who rose to prominence for her musical collaborations in Japan, especially her work for the Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. franchise. ...

, 44, singer ('' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex''). * 23 January – Alexander Lastin, 38, chess grandmaster.

February

* 1 February – Viktor Shekhovtsev, 74, footballer. * 9 February ** Valeri Poluyanov, 71, footballer. ** Roman Sidorov, 59, footballer. * 15 February – Mikhail Koulakov, 82, abstract painter. * 16 February – Alexander Melentyev, 60, sport shooter, Olympic champion (

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

). * 21 February –

Aleksei Gubarev Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev (; 29 March 1931 – 21 February 2015) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28. Biography Gubarev graduated from the Soviet Naval Aviation School in 1952 and went on to ser ...

, 83, cosmonaut. * 23 February – Maria Golovnina, 34, journalist,

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bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan. * 27 February –

, 55, politician, First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998).

July

* 29 July – Liya Shakirova, 94, linguist and professor of pedagogical science.

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