2024 in Russia

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Events in the year 2024 in Russia.

Incumbents

• President – Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister – Mikhail Mishustin

Events

• 3 January – Ukraine and Russia complete their first prisoner exchange in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by mediation from the United Arab Emirates.
• 4 January – President Putin issues a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine. The decree also includes the volunteers' families.
• 9 January – Russia places exiled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on a wanted list over comments he made regarding the ongoing war.
• 17 January – 2024 Bashkortostan protests: Thousands of people protest the trial of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov in Baymak, Bashkortostan. Clashes with police were reported.
• 21 January – A terminal of Russian gas producer Novatek catches fire in Ust-Luga, in the Gulf of Finland, due to a suspected Ukrainian drone attack.
• 24 January – Korochansky Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin IL-76 military transport plane which the Russian defence ministry claimed was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, crashes in Korochansky District in Belgorod Oblast, near the Ukrainian border, killing everybody on board.
• 25 January – Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky: A court in Saint Petersburg sentences Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison for the assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky.
• 31 January – Russia and Ukraine conduct a prisoner exchange on their border with 195 soldiers being returned to Russia, and 207 military personnel and civilians being returned to Ukraine, respectively. The deal was facilitated by the United Arab Emirates.
• 2 February – A Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd is attacked by Ukrainian long-range drones, causing a large fire and disrupting operations. Governor of Volgograd Oblast Andrey Bocharov says the attack was repelled by air defences.
• 8 February – The Vladimir Putin Interview: a television interview hosted by the American journalist and political commentator Tucker Carlson with President Putin. It is the first interview with Putin to be granted to a Western journalist since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• 16 February – Alexei Navalny, prominent opposition leader and a vocal critic of President Putin, dies while serving a 19-year sentence in prison.
• 20 February – The Federal Security Service arrests Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-American citizen, on suspicion of treason.
• 29 February to 7 March – World Festival of Youth at Sirius, Krasnodar Krai.
• 1 March – The funeral of Alexei Navalny is held in Moscow.
• 3 March – Six alleged members of the Islamic State are killed in a shootout with police in Karabulak, Republic of Ingushetia.

Scheduled

• 17 March – 2024 Russian presidential election
• 8 September – 2024 Russian elections

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Russia

Source:

• 1-2 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Orthodox Christmas
• 23 February – Defender of the Fatherland Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 9 May – Victory Day
• 12 June – Russia Day
• 4 November – National Unity Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Soviet European Film Award winners and nominees
• List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Deaths

• 3 January –
  • Pyotr Chernyayev, 70, film critic, actor (Election Day), and journalist.
  • Vladimir Ageyev, 91, painter.
• 4 January –
  • Leonid Tkachenko, 70, Ukrainian-Russian football player (Baltika Kaliningrad, Metalist Kharkiv) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).
  • Konstantin Zheldin, 90, actor (Major Whirlwind, Seventeen Moments of Spring, Brother 2).
• 6 January –
  • Victor Ekimovskiy, 76, composer.
  • Oleg Ryabokon, 84, film director, screenwriter, and songwriter.
  • Vladimir Khavinson, 77, gerontologist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• 8 January –
  • Mark Kharitonov, 86, novelist, poet and translator.
  • Djabrail Chahkiev, 68, archaeologist.
• 10 January –
  • Marat Baglai, 92, jurist, judge (1995–2003) and chairman (1997–2003) of the Constitutional Court.
  • Tamara Milashkina, 89, operatic soprano.
• 11 January – Yury Solomin, 88, actor (An Ordinary Miracle, Dersu Uzala, Die Fledermaus).
• 12 January – Gennady Yakovlev, 85, botanist, pharmacognosist, and phytochemist.
• 14 January – Lev Rubinstein, 76, poet, essayist, and social activist.
• 15 January – Tatyana Frunze, 103, organic chemist and professor.
• 22 January – Sergei Yefremenko, 51, singer, guitarist, and lyricist (Markscheider Kunst).
• 29 January – Yuri Ilchenko, 72, vocalist and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane).
• 31 January – Farida Muminova, 66, actress (Toʻylar muborak, Such Late, Such Warm Autumn, The Battle of the Three Kings).
• 1 February – Pavel Kapinos, 48, cinematographer (Hardcore Henry, Yolki 5, Kitchen. The Last Battle).
• 3 February – Aleksey Poteleshchenko, 47, Ukrainian-Russian military officer and politician.
• 4 February – Galina Alekseyeva, 76, diver, Olympic bronze medallist (1964).
• 5 February – Vyacheslav Sokolov, 82, politician, MP (1996–2000).
• 8 February – Yuri Borzov, 70, graphic artist, architect and drummer (Mashina Vremeni).
• 9 February – Ivan Sergeyev, 82, diplomat.
• 12 February – Aleksandr Seleznyov, 60, hammer thrower.
• 13 February –
  • Valery Vostrotin, 71, colonel general and politician, deputy (2003–2011).
  • Rashit Safiullin, 74, artist, production designer and decorator (Stalker).
• 14 February –
  • Tamara Kolesnikova, 85, actress (Day of Sun and Rain, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Raspoutine).
  • Anatoly Vershik, 90, mathematician (Bratteli-Vershik diagram).
• 16 February –
  • Alexei Navalny, 47, lawyer, politician, and activist.
  • Dmitry Markov, 41, documentary photographer and journalist.
• 28 February – Nikolai Ryzhkov, 94, 10th Premier of the Soviet Union.

External links

• Online calendar