2019 in Russia
# 2019 in Russia

Events in the year 2019 in Russia.

## Incumbents

* President: Vladimir Putin
* Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev

## Events

* February – The Russian military launches a nationwide tour to parade war trophies from its intervention in the Syrian Civil War.
* 2-12 March – 2019 Winter Universiade
* 6 March – the Russian Federal Assembly passed a law criminalising publication of online statements that are found "indecent" or "disrespectful" towards Russian state or government officials (including the president), stipulating fines of up to 100,000 roubles for first-time offenders, and 200,000 roubles or up to 15 days imprisonment for repeat.
* 5 May – Aeroflot Flight 1492 crashes and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing 41 people on board.
* 8 August – Nyonoksa radiation accident
* 15 August – Ural Airlines Flight 178 crashed, all on board survived.
* 7 September – Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others have been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

## Births

* May 21, Tengku Ismail Leon Petra, son of the Muhammad V of Kelantan and Oksana Voevodina

## Deaths

### February

* February 3, Detsl, 35, Russian hip hop artist, heart attack.
* February 4, Evgeniy Aleksandrov, footballer (b.1952)
* February 8, Sergei Yursky, actor (b.1935)
* February 18, Valentina Dimitrieva, farm worker (b.1937).

### March

* March 1, Zhores Alferov, scientist (b.1930)

### April

* April 27, Aleksey Lebed, politician (b.1955)

### May

* May 9, Sergei Dorenko, journalist (b.1959)

### July

* July 3 – Arseny Mironov, aeronautical engineer (b. 1917)
