2018 in Russia

2018
in
Russia

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See also: Other events of 2018
List of years in Russia

Events in the year 2018 in Russia.

Incumbents

Events

February

March

  • 15-17 March – Sergei Lavrov 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 and Yulia Skripal.[1] The Russian foreign ministry is to expel 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom.[2]

May

The inaugural military parade.
  • May 5 Thousand Protest rally in 97 cities including Moscow and St Petersburg, against Vladimir Putin for winning a fourth term in the Russian President Election.[4]
  • May 7 - Vladimir Putin sworn in for a fourth term as President of Russia in the Hall of the Order of St. Andrew of the Grand Kremlin Palace.[5]

June

The opening ceremony.
Zabivaka, the official mascot of the World Cup.

July

  • July 1 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.[7] [8][9][10]
  • July 28 More than 10,000 people attended a rally in the capital, Moscow against government plans to increase the retirement age rise.[12]

August

  • 2 August More than 9,000 people attended a rally against government plans to increase the retirement age rise.[13]

Deaths

  • 28 March – Oleg Anofriyev, actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet (b. 1930)

References

  1. "Russian spy: Moscow 'will expel British diplomats soon'". BBC News. 15 March 2018.
  2. "Russia spy poisoning: 23 UK diplomats expelled from Moscow". BBC News. 17 March 2018.
  3. "Russia election: Vladimir Putin wins by big margin". BBC News. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/protesters-detained-thousands-rally-against-putin-s-government-n871331
  5. https://ria.ru/politics/20180507/1520027664.html
  6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2018/06/14/world-cup-2018-opening-ceremony-live-updates-russia-event/
  7. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/01/russians-protest-pension-age-rise-announced-during-world-cup
  8. https://au.news.yahoo.com/russians-protest-pension-reform-putin-popularity-slides-143124094--spt.html
  9. https://www.dawn.com/news/1417393
  10. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-approval-rating-plummets-over-rise-in-pension-age-9p7p0ld0f
  11. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/russia-spain-world-cup-shootout-upset
  12. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/thousands-protest-russia-proposed-retirement-age-rise-180728150903940.html
  13. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/thousands-protest-pension-law-putin-rollback-180902164415418.html
  14. "Бывший футболист «Динамо» Игорь Стрельбин скончался в Брянске". bryansktoday.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. "Russian journalist Maxim Borodin dies after mysterious fall from balcony". The Times. 16 April 2018.
  16. Markante turncoach Boris Orlov (73) overleden (in Dutch)
  17. Скончался Е.С. Голод (in Russian)
  18. В Краснодарском крае застрелен бывший игрок ФК «Ангушт» Тазир Кариев (in Russian)
  19. В Петербурге ушел из жизни известный математик Андрей Суслин (in Russian)
  20. Author of Russian cosmonauts’ unofficial anthem dies at 85
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