2012 in Russia

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Events from the year 2012 in the Russia

Incumbents

• President of Russia – Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia) (until 7 May), Vladimir Putin (United Russia) (from 7 May)
• Prime Minister of Russia – Vladimir Putin (United Russia) (until 7 May), Viktor Zubkov (7-8 May, acting), Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia) (from 8 May)

Events

January

• January 5 – Russia loses to Sweden 1–0 in overtime in the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship.[1]
• January 9 – Insurgency in the North Caucasus: Clashes occur between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Vedensky District, Chechnya, with reportedly 8 killed and 16 wounded.[2]
• January 15 – Russia's unmanned Fobos-Grunt space probe re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after a failed mission to the Martian moon Phobos. The 13-ton spacecraft disintegrates over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 16:45 UTC. China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, which was launched together with Fobos-Grunt, is also destroyed.[3][4]
• January 27 – Insurgency in the North Caucasus: 13 people are killed in three separate clashes between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkariya.[5]

February

• February 13–17 – 2012 Nozhay-Yurtovsky District clashes.

March

• March 4 – The 2012 Presidential election is held.

May

• May 7 – Putin was inaugurated as President
• May 8 – Medvedev appointed as Prime Minister and later he became leader of the United Russia Party
• May 21 – new cabinet was formed.

June

• June 3–4 – The European Union-Russia Summit in Saint Petersburg.

July

• July – The Russian foreign agent law bill is introduced by legislators from the governing United Russia party.
• July 20 – The Russian foreign agent law is signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The law requires non-profit organizations that receive foreign donations and engage in "political activity" to register and declare themselves as foreign agents
• Stavropol region has a ban on hijabs in schools. the first of its kind imposed by a region in the Russian federation. The ruling was upheld by Russia's Supreme Court in July 2013.[6][7][8]

Notable deaths

Further information: Category:2012 deaths and Deaths in 2012

Lyudmila Kasatkina

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2012

• January 2 – Anatoly Kolesov, 73, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964), after long illness. (born 1938)[9]
• January 2 – Ivan Călin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009).[10]
• January 3 – Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). (born 1934)[11]
• January 5 – Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).[12]
• January 8 – Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist.[13]
• January 9 – Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach.[14]
• January 14 – Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer.[15]
• January 15 – Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion.[16]
• January 16 – Valentin Rusantsov, 72, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012).[17]
• January 25 – Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer.[18]
• January 27 – Dzhamaleim Mutaliyev, 35, Russian rebel leader, shot.^[citation needed]

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2012

• February 6 – Vitaly Gorelik, 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack.[19]
• February 11 – Sergey Kolosov, 90, Russian film director, People's Artist of the USSR.[20]
• February 17 – Tatyana Golikova, 66, Russian ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet).[21]
• February 20 –
  • Asar Eppel, 77, Russian translator, stroke.[22]
  • Vitaly Vorotnikov, 86, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1988–1990).[23]
• February 22 – Lyudmila Kasatkina, 86, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.[24]

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2012

• March 21 – Marina Salye, Russian geologist and politician.[25]
• March 27 – Anatoly Kikin, Soviet and Russian footballer and coach.[26]
• March 27 – Alim Zankishiev, Russian insurgent, leader in the Caucasus Emirate.[27]
• March 28 – Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter.[28]
• March 28 – Sergey Solnechnikov, Russian military officer.[29]
• March 30 – Viktor Kosichkin, Russian Olympic speed skating gold and silver medalist.^[citation needed]
• March 30 – Leonid Shebarshin, Russian KGB interim Chairman.[30]

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2012

• June 4 – Eduard Khil, 77, Russian baritone singer.[31]

See also

• List of Russian films of 2012

References

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