2019 in Russia information

Events in the year 2019 in Russia. President: Vladimir Putin Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev February – The Russian military launches a nationwide tour...

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...

explosion or Nyonoksa explosion (Russian: Инцидент в Нёноксе, romanized: Intsident v Nyonokse) occurred on 8 August 2019 near Nyonoksa, a village under...

regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and was conducted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller from May 2017 to March 2019. It was...

Miss Russia 2019 the 27th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, held in concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 13 April 2019. Fifty contestants...

investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (January–June 2019) Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2019) 2020–2022 Timeline of investigations...

enforced. This led to the persecution of Christians in the country. Since the collapse of Communism, Russia has seen an upsurge of religion. Adding together...

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

year-end 2019, Tele2 Russia provides wireless services to more than 44.6 million subscribers. As of beginning of April 2019, Tele2 is present in 67 subjects...

The Russian foreign agent law requires anyone who receives support from outside Russia or is under influence from outside Russia to register and declare...

The 2019 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 September 2019 at the Sochi...

extinguishing activities was started at the state level. On 31 July 2019, Russian authorities reported that 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres; 30...

Christianity in Russia is the most widely professed religion in the country. The largest tradition is the Russian Orthodox Church. According to official...

Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Scream", written by Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sharon Vaughn. The...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Russia face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Although sexual activity...

State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population. One of the Grand Muftis of Russia, sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin...

Racism in Russia mainly appears in the form of negative attitudes towards non-ethnic Russian citizens, immigrants or tourists and negative actions against...

resources, particularly in terms of Russian natural gas and oil reserves, and thus significant economic power exists in its exports. In 2023, it was the world's...

Alcohol consumption in Russia remains among the highest in the world. According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, annual per capita consumption...

Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 50 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the...

Russia is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy. In 2020 total electricity generated in nuclear power plants in Russia was 215.746 TWh...

"In Soviet Russia", also called the Russian reversal, is a joke template taking the general form "In America you do X to/with Y; in Soviet Russia Y does...

penalty in Russia, but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have been carried out since 2 August 1996. Russia has had...