Events in the year 2018 in

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Incumbents

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Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime m ...

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: Dmitry Medvedev

Events

February

* 11 February – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 71 people on board.

March

* 15–17 March –

Sergey Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, ; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat and politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004. ...

has announced that Russia will expel diplomats from the United Kingdom because of the expulsion of 23 Russian envoys due to the poisoning of

Sergei Skripal Sergei Viktorovich Skripal ( rus, Серге́й Ви́кторович Скрипáль, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ skrʲɪˈpalʲ; born 23 June 1951) is a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent f ...

and Yulia Skripal. The Russian foreign ministry is to expel 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom. * 18 March – In the

Russian presidential election Russian presidential elections determine who will serve as the president of Russia for the next six (formerly four from 1996 to 2012 and five from 1991 to 1996) years. Since the establishment of the position of the President of Russia in 1991, t ...

is elected for a fourth term, winning 73.9% of the vote. * 25 March -

2018 Kemerovo fire On 25 March 2018 at 16:00 local time (9:00 UTC), a fire engulfed the "Zimnyaya vishnya" shopping mall and entertainment complex in Kemerovo, Russia. It killed at least 60 people (more than half of which were children) according to official st ...

May

* 5 May – Thousand Protest rally in 97 cities including Moscow and St Petersburg, against Vladimir Putin for winning a fourth term in the Russian President Election. * 7 May - Vladimir Putin sworn in for a fourth term as

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in the Hall of the Order of St. Andrew of the

Grand Kremlin Palace The Grand Kremlin Palace (russian: Большой Кремлёвский дворец - ) was built from 1837 to 1849 in Moscow, Russia, on the site of the estate of the Grand Princes, which had been established in the 14th century on Borovits ...

. * 10 May - Opening of

Crimean Bridge The Crimean Bridge ( rus, Крымский мост, r=Krymskiy most, p=ˈkrɨmskʲij most), also called Kerch Strait Bridge or Kerch Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges, one for a four-lane road and one for a double-track railway, spanning t ...

June

* 14 June – The opening ceremonies of the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

. * 19 June – the Russian

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper hous ...

adopted a bill that made education in all languages but Russian optional, overruling previous laws by ethnic autonomies, and reducing instruction in minority languages to only two hours a week. This bill has been likened by some commentators, such as in ''

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'', to a policy of

Russification Russification (russian: русификация, rusifikatsiya), or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians, whether involuntarily or voluntarily, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian cultur ...

July

* 1 July – Several thousand people protested across Russia against a hugely unpopular government decision to hike the pension age that has led to a record slump in President Vladimir Putin's approval ratings. No protests were held in World Cup host cities due to a regulation banning protest in the cities for the duration of the tournament. ** Russia knocks out

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from the

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after winning a penalty shootout. * 15 July - Closing ceremony of

* 28 July – More than 10,000 people attended a rally in the capital, Moscow against government plans to increase the retirement age rise.

August

* 2 August – More than 9,000 people attended a rally against government plans to increase the retirement age rise.

September

* 11 September -

Pussy Riot Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest and performance art group based in Moscow that became popular for its provocative punk rock music which later turned into a more accessible style. Founded in August 2011, it has had a membership of appr ...

's manager Pyotr Verzilov mysteriously fell critically ill after a court hearing in Moscow. This was the same day that he was slated to have received vital information from 'foreign services' about the death of several journalists reporting on the Wagner Battalion's actions in the Central African Republic. *11 September - Then Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov announced an expansion on 'extremist' materials, including the addition of 4,507 books, videos, websites, social media pages, and musical compositions. This was recorded to be a seismic, 200 item increase from the prior year.

October

* 26 October - Marking the first of approximately 36 public, Hip-Hop concerts, a three-month period of cancelled performances would begin. Dmitry Kuznetsov, or

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, had his concert in Togliatti cancelled following a letter from the Prosecutor's office rejecting some of the lyrics of songs that were to be performed that evening due to the presence of 'cannibalism.'

December

* 26–28 December – The 2018

World Rapid Chess Championship The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Prior to 2012, FIDE gave such recognition to a limited number of tournaments, with non-FIDE recognized tour ...

was held in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. Winner and world champion was

Daniil Dubov Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Дубов; born 18 April 1996) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. He i ...

from Russia, ahead of

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( az, Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 13 in the worl ...

and

Hikaru Nakamura Christopher Hikaru Nakamura 1984 CPA 5522 (cropped - Vladimir Lyakhov)

January

*3 January –

Igor Strelbin Igor Sergeyevich Strelbin (russian: Игорь Серге́евич Стрельбин; 16 September 1974 – 3 January 2018) was a Russian professional footballer. He died on 3 January 2018 at the age of 43 after a serious illness. Club career ...

, footballer (b. 1974). *9 January – Robert Minlos, mathematician (b. 1931) *9 January –

Alexander Vedernikov Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov (; 11 January 1964 – 29 October 2020) was a Russian conductor. He held major posts with the Bolshoi Theatre the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Danish Opera, and the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Biography Bo ...

, singer and teacher (b. 1927) *9 January – Valeri Matyunin, footballer (b. 1960) *10 January – Mikhail Derzhavin, actor (b. 1936) *15 January –

Viktor Anpilov Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov (russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Анпи́лов; 2 October 1945, in Belaya Glina, Krasnodar Krai – 15 January 2018, in Moscow) was a Russian hardline Communist politician and trade unionist. Political ac ...

, politician and trade unionist (b. 1945) *25 January – Lyudmila Senchina, soprano singer (b. 1948 or 1950)

February

*21 February –

Valentin Afraimovich Valentin Afraimovich (russian: Валентин Сендерович Афраймович, 2 April 1945, Kirov, Kirov Oblast, USSR – 21 February 2018, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) was a Soviet, Russian and Mexican mathematician. He made contributi ...

, mathematician (b.1945) *21 February – Sergei Aleksandrov, footballer (b. 1973) *26 February – Tatyana Karpova, actress (b. 1916)

March

*22 March – Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, Chechen writer and ethnographer (b. 1926) *26 March – Sergei Mavrodi, financial fraudster and a deputy of the

(b. 1955) *27 March –

Victor Kalashnikov Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov (russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Кала́шников; 16 July 1942 – 27 March 2018) was a Russian small arms designer known for developing the PP-19 Bizon machine pistols. Early life and educat ...

, gun designer (b. 1942) *28 March –

Oleg Anofriyev Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, russian: link=no, Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 193028 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatreРусский драматический театр: Энци ...

, actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet (b. 1930)

April

*16 April – Maxim Borodin, 32, Russian Journalist (b. 1986) *19 April –

Vladimir Lyakhov Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич Ля́хов; 20 July 1941 – 19 April 2018) was a Ukrainian Soviet cosmonaut. He was selected as cosmonaut on 5 May 1967, and retired on 7 September 1994. Lya ...

, cosmonaut (b. 1941) *21 April –

Nina Doroshina Nina Mikhaylovna Doroshina (russian: Нина Михайловна Дорошина; 3 December 1934 — 21 April 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Personal life Doroshina was bo ...

, actress (b. 1934) *22 April – Ivan P. Neumyvakin, physician (b. 1928)

May

*21 May – Aleksandr Askoldov, actor and film director (b. 1932)

July

*3 July – Boris Orlov, gymnastics coach (b. 1945). *5 July – Evgeny Golod, mathematician who proved the Golod–Shafarevich theorem on class field towers (b. 1935). *8 July – Tazir Kariyev, footballer (b. 1989). *10 July –

Andrei Suslin Andrei Suslin (russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Су́слин, sometimes transliterated Souslin) was a Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic K-theory and its connections with algebraic geometry. He was a Truste ...

, mathematician who contributed to

algebraic K-theory Algebraic ''K''-theory is a subject area in mathematics with connections to geometry, topology, ring theory, and number theory. Geometric, algebraic, and arithmetic objects are assigned objects called ''K''-groups. These are groups in the sense ...

and its connections with algebraic geometry (b. 1950). *27 July –

Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Войно́вич, 26 September 1932 – 27 July 2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, and the "first genuine comic writer" produced by the S ...

, writer (b. 1932).

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