2015 in Russia

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

Events

January

• January 1 – 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.
• January 3 – An image of a BPM-97 apparently inside Ukraine, in Luhansk, appeared to deliver further evidence of a Russian military presence there.
• January 9 – Russia bans transsexual and transgender individuals from obtaining driving licenses.
• January 12 – A controversial drama film, Leviathan, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev wins the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.
• January 13
  • 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.
• January 15
  • Russian financial crisis:
    • One US dollar equals 66 Russian rubles. Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Russia's government bond rating to Baa3/Prime 3 (P-3) from Baa2/Prime 2 (P-2).

February

• February 27 – Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed in the center of Moscow.

March

• March 7 – 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.
• March 11 – A fire in the shopping center Admiral in Kazan kills 17 people and injures 55.
• March 15 – The documentary film Crimea. The Way Home is released on Rossiya 1 and on YouTube.

April

• April 2 – 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.
• April 4 – Twenty-six workers of the Vostochny Cosmodrome have begin a hunger strike, joining over 100 laborers protesting delayed wage payments since 24 March.

October

Scheduled

• 2008-2015 Federal program is expected to end.

Sports

• 2015 World Aquatics Championships will take place from July 24 to August 9.
• 2015 Bandy World Championship
• 2014–15 Russian Premier League
• 2014–15 Russian Bandy Super League

International sports competition

• Russia will participate in many international athletic competitions: 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2015 IIHF World Championship, 2015 European Figure Skating Championships, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1, and 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Deaths

January

• January 1 – Boris Morukov, 64, physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.
• January 3 – Olga Knyazeva, 60, fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
• January 4 – Gasan Magomedov, 20, footballer (Anzhi-2).
• January 10 – Denis Tsygurov, 43, ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).
• January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, 75, mezzo-soprano.
• January 15 – Rimma Markova, 89, actress.
• January 17 – Origa, 44, singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex).
• January 23 – Alexander Lastin, 38, chess grandmaster.

February

• February 1 – Viktor Shekhovtsev, 74, footballer.
• February 9
  • Valeri Poluyanov, 71, footballer.
  • Roman Sidorov, 59, footballer.
• February 15 – Mikhail Koulakov, 82, abstract painter.
• February 16 – Alexander Melentyev, 60, sport shooter, Olympic champion (1980).
• February 21 – Aleksei Gubarev, 83, cosmonaut.
• February 23 – Maria Golovnina, 34, journalist, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• February 27 – Boris Nemtsov, 55, politician, First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998).

See also

• List of Russian films of 2015
• Russia at the 2015 European Games