2018 in Russia information

Events in the year 2018 in Russia. President: Vladimir Putin Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev 11 February – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashed shortly...

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Incumbent president and dictator Vladimir Putin was eligible to run. He declared his intent...

organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010. It was the eleventh...

Miss Russia 2018 the 26th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, held in concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 14 April 2018. Fifty contestants...

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across...

international incident that occurred on 25 November 2018 in the Kerch Strait, during which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard fired upon...

Athletes from Russia (OAR) was the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) designation of select Russian athletes permitted to participate in the 2018 Winter...

timeline of events related to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It includes events described in investigations into the myriad...

The 2018 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 VTB Russian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2018 at the Sochi...

April 16, 2018, the Russian government began blocking access to Telegram, an instant messaging service. The blocking led to interruptions in the operation...

investigation into 45th U.S. president Donald Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and was conducted by special prosecutor...

into Donald Trump and Russia (January–June 2017) Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2017) 2018 Timeline of investigations...

Vostok 2018 (Russian: Восток 2018, lit. 'East 2018') was a large-scale Russian military exercise, held from 11 to 17 September 2018, throughout Siberia...

In March 2018, as part of his Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, the Russian president Vladimir Putin announced five novel nuclear or dual-use...

Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 48 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the...

80% ethnic Russians.[citation needed] On 19 June 2018, the Russian State Duma adopted a bill that made education in all languages but Russian optional,...

This is a list of airports in Russia (Russian Federation), sorted by location. As of September 2018[update], Russia had 227 operational airports registered...

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service...

The 2018 Russian pension protests were a series of country-wide protests and demonstrations in Russia demanding abandoning of the retirement age hike...

The Russian government interfered in the 2016 United States elections with the goals of sabotaging the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting...

Weapons. Russia possesses a total of 5,580 nuclear warheads as of 2024, the largest confirmed stockpile of nuclear warheads in the world. Russia's deployed...

Religion in Russia is diverse, with Orthodox Christianity being the most widely professed faith, but with significant minorities of non-religious people...

Muftis of Russia, sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin, estimated the Muslim population of Russia at 25 million in 2018. Recognized under the law and by Russian political...

rate, Russia's GDP as measured in dollars fluctuates sharply. Russia was the last major economy to join the WTO, becoming a member in 2012. Russia's vast...

Detriment of Russia's Interests, the Russian web brigades, and others that engage in political propaganda to promote the views of the Russian government...