2022 in Russia
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2022 in Russia is the 31st year of the Russian Federation.
Leadership[edit]
- President of Russia: Vladimir Putin
- Prime Minister of Russia: Mikhail Mishustin
- Chairman of the Federation Council: Valentina Matvienko
- Chairman of the State Duma: Vyacheslav Volodin
Events[edit]
- 28 January – 20th Russian Golden Eagle Awards Ceremony
- 3 February – in retaliation to Germany's broadcasting regulator's decision to ban transmission of the Russian state-run RT Deutsch channel over a lack of a broadcasting license, the Russian foreign ministry said that it would shut down Deutsche Welle's Moscow bureau, strip all DW staff of their accreditation and terminate broadcasting of DW in Russia. It also stated that it would begin the procedure of designating DW as a "foreign agent".[1]
- 15 February – The Russian State Duma votes to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognize the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in Ukraine as independent nations. The bill was proposed by the Communist party.[2][3][4][5]
- 19 February – 2022 Russia-Ukraine clash accusations
- 21 February – The Russia President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia has recognized the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in Ukraine as independent nations. This came after the Duma asked for it a week ago.[6][7]
- 24 February – Russia launches a large-scaled invasion of Ukraine from Crimea and Belarus.
- 10 March - After Russia was suspended from the Council of Europe in the wake of its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and subsequently announced its intention to withdraw from the organization, former President (2008-2012) and Prime Minister (2012-2020) Dmitry Medvedev endorsed restoring death penalty in Russia.[8][9]
- 27 March - Leonid Pasechnik leader of the LPR said that the Luhansk People's Republic may hold a referendum to join Russia in the near future.[10][11]
- 30 March - A few day later South Ossetia President Anatoly Bibilov announced his intention to begin legal proceedings in the near future to integration with the Russian Federation.[12]
- 26 April - Veshkayma kindergarten shooting
- 2 August - The Russian Supreme Court declare the Azov Regiment as a terrorist organization.[13][14]
Deaths[edit]
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- 8 February – Valentina Polukhina, literary scholar (b. 1936).[15]
- 6 April – Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Nationalist Far party Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (b. 1946).[16]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Russia Shuts Down German Broadcaster Deutsche Welle's Moscow Office". themoscowtimes.com. 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Russia's parliament urges Putin to recognize separatist republics in Ukraine". POLITICO. February 15, 2022.
- ^ Zverev, Anton; Balmforth, Tom (February 15, 2022). "Russia's parliament asks Putin to recognise breakaway east Ukrainian regions". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ Light, Felix (February 15, 2022). "Russian Parliament Backs Plan to Recognize Breakaway Ukrainian Regions". The Moscow Times.
- ^ "Russian Duma asks Putin to recognize Ukrainian regions as independent | DW | 15.02.2022". DW.COM.
- ^ "Putin recognises independence of Ukraine breakaway regions". Al Jazeera. 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Russia recognizes independence of Ukraine separatist regions". DW. 21 February 2022.
- ^ Times, The Moscow (2022-03-10). "Russia Quits Europe's Rule of Law Body, Sparking Questions Over Death Penalty". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ "Dmitry Medvedev vows to reintroduce death penalty". The Independent Barents Observer. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ "Leader of Kremlin-Backed Separatists in Ukraine Planning 'Referendum' to Join Russia".
- ^ "Leader of east Ukraine separatist region says it may hold vote on joining Russia". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Breakaway Georgian Region Seeks to Be Putin's Next Annexation". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Russia declares Ukrainian military unit a terrorist group". AP NEWS. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Russia designates Ukraine's Azov Regiment a 'terrorist' group". aljazeera. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Умерла Валентина Полухина". Colta (in Russian). 8 February 2022.
- ^ MacFarquhar, Neil; Troianovski, Anton; Nechepurenko, Ivan (2022-04-06). "Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky Dies at 75; Ultranationalist Russian Politician". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-06.