2015 in Russia

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

←

 2015
in
Russia

→

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Incumbents

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 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]
  • 12 January – A controversial drama film, Leviathan, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev wins the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.
  • 13 January
    • The Islamic State releases a video of a young boy gunning down two alleged Russian FSB agents captured by the militants.
    • War in Donbass:
      • 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.
  • 15 January

February

March
  • 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]
  • 15 March – The documentary film Crimea. The Way Home is released on Rossiya 1 and on YouTube.

April
  • 2 April – The Russian-flagged fishing trawler Dalniy Vostok sinks 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.

May

November

Scheduled

Sports

International sports competition

Deaths
Further information: Category:2015 deaths and Deaths in 2015

January
Main article: Deaths in January 2015

February
Main article: Deaths in February 2015

July
Main article: Deaths in July 2015
  • 29 July – Liya Shakirova, 94, linguist and professor of pedagogical science

See also

References
  1. "Chechen authorities announce murder of local underground leader". Caucasian Knot. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. "New batch of military vehicles to Lugansk". 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. "Russia says drivers must not have 'sex disorders'". BBC News. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. "Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead". BBC News. 27 February 2015.
  5. McLaughlin, Eliott C.; Chance, Matthew (9 March 2015). "Russian authorities arrest 4 in killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov". CNN.
  6. "Kazan Fire Death Toll Rises". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. "What Is A Fencer Su-24? What To Know About The Russian Plane Shot Down By Turkey". International Business Times. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  8. "Turkish F-16 fighter jets shoot down Russian warplane after 'airspace violation' | DW | 24.11.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  9. Concept of development of TV and radio broadcasting in Russian Federation in 2008-2015 (Концепция развития телерадиовещания в Российской Федерации на 2008 — 2015 годы)
  10. "FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  11. "Svenska Bandyförbundet". Svenska Bandyförbundet. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 in Russia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.