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
Chechnya. Both of them had directly involved in organizing the
4 December assault on
Grozny.[1]
3 January – An image of a
BPM-97 apparently inside
Ukraine, in
Luhansk, appeared to deliver further evidence of a Russian military presence there.[2]
9 January – Russia bans transsexual and transgender individuals from obtaining driving licenses.[3]
A passenger bus has been
shelled near
Volnovakha 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
Armenia have taken place near the Russian consulate and the
Russian 102nd Military Base after a Russian soldier
brutally murdered a local family of seven, including a two-year-old and a 6-month-old.
One US dollar equals 66 Russian rubles.
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Russia's government bond rating to Baa3/Prime 3 (P-3) from Baa2/Prime 2 (P-2).
7 March – Russian authorities arrest two men, Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, suspects from the rebellious
North Caucasus region, according to Russian state media reports, relying on a statement from the
Federal Security Service Director
Alexander Bortnikov. 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.[5]
11 March – A fire in the shopping center Admiral in
Kazan kills 17 people and injures 55.[6]
2 April – The Russian-flagged fishing trawler Dalniy Vostoksinks off the
Kamchatka Peninsula in the
Sea of Okhotsk, 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 have begun a hunger strike, joining over 100 laborers protesting delayed wage payments since 24 March.
^Concept of development of TV and radio broadcasting in Russian Federation in 2008-2015 (Концепция развития телерадиовещания в Российской Федерации на 2008 — 2015 годы)