2022 in Russia explained

2022 in Russia is the 31st year of the Russian Federation.

Leadership

• 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

Ongoing: Russian invasion of Ukraine ; COVID-19 pandemic in Russia (initially)

• 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]}
• 21 February – Putin announces 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-scale 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 the 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 days later South Ossetian 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
• 16 May - After temporarily closing its restaurants, McDonald's in Russia company decided to exit Russia altogether.^[13] the company announced that it would sell all of its restaurants in Russia. It would be replaced by the Russian Vkusno i tochka.
• 2 August - The Russian Supreme Court declare the Azov Regiment as a terrorist organization.^{[14] [15]}
• 18 August - Russia revives the Soviet-era Mother Heroine award for women with 10 children.^{[16] [17] [18]}
• 21 August - A car bomb kills Darya Dugina, daughter of Alexander Dugin, an ideological advisor of Putin, who was due to travel in the same car.^{[19] [20]}
• 31 August – War-related emigration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine reached 500,000.^[21]
• 18 - 19 September  - A small but significant tornado outbreak affects Ukraine and Russia, killing three people.
• 19 September - the public chambers of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic appealed to their heads of state with a request to "immediately" hold a referendum on joining Russia.^{[22] [23] [24]}
• 20 September - the People's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic scheduled a referendum on the republic's entry into Russia as a federal subject for 23–27 September.^[25] Soon after, the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic announced that the referendum on the entry of the DPR into the Russian Federation would be held on the same date.^[26]
• 21 September - President Vladimir Putin announced the 2022 Russian mobilization.
• 26 September - Izhevsk school shooting
• 27 September - 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
  • According to the results released by Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts overwhelmingly vote in favor of annexation, with 99.23%, 98.42%, 93.11% and 87.05% of support, respectively. Turnout exceeded 75% in each region and exceeded 97% in Donetsk Oblast. However, the voting has been widely dismissed as a sham referendum.^{[27] [28]}
• 30 September - President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as independent territories.^[29]
  • Putin announced in a speech ^[30] that Russia had annexed the four regions occupied during the conflict.^[31]
• 17 October - 2022 Yeysk military aircraft crash
• 23 October - 2022 Irkutsk military aircraft crash
• 27 October - The State Duma unanimously gives preliminary approval to a bill strengthening a law against "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations". The bill will expand the ban on "propaganda" to all ages, and will outlaw media and online resources, including films, books, and theater productions.^{[32] [33] [34]}
• 5 November - Kostroma café fire
• 24 November - The State Duma passes a bill strengthening a law against "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations". The bill will expand the ban on "propaganda" to all ages, and will outlaw media and online resources, including films, books, and theater productions.^{[35] [36] [37]}
• 5 December - President Vladimir Putin signs into law the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations"^[38]
• 8 December - Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange
• 23 December - 2022 Kemerovo nursing home fire

Deaths

January

See main article: Deaths in January 2022.

• 3 January – Olga Gavrilova, 64, Russian javelin thrower.^[39]
• 5 January – Filza Khamidullin, 86, Russian economist and politician, senator (2003–2005).^[40]
• 6 January – Vladimir Gudev, 81, Russian diplomat, Soviet ambassador to Iran (1987–1993), Egypt (1995–2000) and Georgia (2000–2002).^[41]
• 7 January –
  • Anatoly Kvashnin, 75, Russian military officer, chief of the general staff (1997–2004), COVID-19.^[42]
  • Alexander Timofeevskiy, 88, Russian writer, songwriter and screenwriter (The Stone Flower).
• 8 January –
  • Aleksandr Lebedev-Frontov, 61, Russian painter, collagist, and musician.^[43]
  • Viktor Mazin, 67, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1980).^[44]
  • Nina Rocheva, 73, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic silver medallist (1980).^[45]

February

• 8 February – Valentina Polukhina, literary scholar (b. 1936).^[46]

March

• 1 March – Alevtina Kolchina, 91, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1964).^[47]
• 4 March – Valentin Knysh, 84, Russian politician, deputy (1995–2003).^[48]
• 7 March – Vasily Astafyev, 102, Russian Soviet army colonel.^[49]

April

• 6 April – Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the nationalist far-right party Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (b. 1946).^[50]

May

• 2 May – Yuri Vasenin, 73, Russian football player (Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Soviet Union national team) and manager (Baltika Kaliningrad).^[51]
• 4 May – Yuliya Voyevodina, 50, Russian Olympic racewalker (2004).^[52]
• 7 May – Yuri Averbakh, 100, Russian chess grandmaster and author.^[53]

June

See main article: Deaths in June 2022.

• 1 June – Aleksandr Berketov, 46, Russian footballer (Rotor Volgograd, CSKA Moscow).^[54]
• 2 June –
  • Andrey Gaponov-Grekhov, 95, Russian physicist.^[55]
  • Anatoly Pokrovsky, 91, Russian vascular surgeon.^[56]

July

See main article: Deaths in July 2022.

• 1 July –
  • Yuri Khaliullin, 78, Russian naval officer.^[57]
  • Stanislav Leonovich, 63, Russian Olympic figure skater (1980).^[58]
• 2 July –
  • Dmitry Kolker, 54, Russian physicist, pancreatic cancer.^[59]
  • Leonid Shvartsman, 101, Russian animator (Cheburashka, 38 Parrots, The Scarlet Flower).^[60]

August

See main article: Deaths in August 2022.

• 1 August – Mikhail Golovatov, 72, Russian intelligence officer (KGB).^[61]
• 2 August – Nikolay Yefimov, 89, Russian journalist.^[62]
• 30 August – Mikhail Gorbachev, the 8th and final leader and 10th and last President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1931).^[63]

September

See main article: Deaths in September 2022.

• 1 September – Ravil Maganov, 67, Russian petroleum executive (Lukoil), fall.^[64]
• 4 September – Boris Lagutin, 84, Russian boxer, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).^[65]

See also

• Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia Shuts Down German Broadcaster Deutsche Welle's Moscow Office. themoscowtimes.com. 3 February 2022.
2. Web site: Russia's parliament urges Putin to recognize separatist republics in Ukraine . February 15, 2022 . POLITICO.
3. News: Russia's parliament asks Putin to recognise breakaway east Ukrainian regions . Anton . Zverev . Tom . Balmforth . Reuters . February 15, 2022 . www.reuters.com.
4. Web site: Russian Parliament Backs Plan to Recognize Breakaway Ukrainian Regions . Felix . Light . February 15, 2022 . The Moscow Times.
5. Web site: Russian Duma asks Putin to recognize Ukrainian regions as independent | DW | 15.02.2022 . DW.COM.
6. News: Putin recognises independence of Ukraine breakaway regions . Al Jazeera. 21 February 2022.
7. Web site: Russia recognizes independence of Ukraine separatist regions. DW . 21 February 2022.
8. Web site: Times . The Moscow . 2022-03-10 . Russia Quits Europe's Rule of Law Body, Sparking Questions Over Death Penalty . 2022-03-14 . The Moscow Times . en.
9. Web site: Dmitry Medvedev vows to reintroduce death penalty . 2022-03-14 . The Independent Barents Observer . en.
10. News: Leader of Kremlin-Backed Separatists in Ukraine Planning 'Referendum' to Join Russia. Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty .
11. Web site: Leader of east Ukraine separatist region says it may hold vote on joining Russia. The Times of Israel.
12. News: Breakaway Georgian Region Seeks to Be Putin's Next Annexation . Bloomberg.com . 30 March 2022 . 30 March 2022.
13. News: Jordan. Valinsky . McDonald's is leaving Russia altogether . 16 May 2022 . CNN. 16 May 2022 .
14. Web site: 2022-08-02 . Russia declares Ukrainian military unit a terrorist group . 2022-08-03 . AP NEWS . en.
15. Web site: Russia designates Ukraine's Azov Regiment a 'terrorist' group . aljazeera . 2 August 2022 . 3 August 2022.
16. Web site: Putin revives Stalin-era 'Mother Heroine' award for women with 10 children . . 18 August 2022 .
17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/17/russia-ukraine-putin-mother-heroine-award-children/ The Washington Post
18. Web site: Russia is offering a hero's medal and $16,000 to women who have 10 kids . . 18 August 2022 .
19. Web site: Daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed in car bomb in Moscow . . 21 August 2022.
20. Web site: Дочь публициста Дугина погибла при взрыве автомобиля в Подмосковье . 21 August 2022.
21. [Russian emigration following the invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)|Russian emigration following the invasion of Ukraine]
22. Web site: 19 September 2022 . Общественная палата ЛНР просит немедленно провести референдум о присоединении к России . 19 September 2022 . Life.ru . ru.
23. Web site: В ДНР и ЛНР предложили немедленно провести референдумы о присоединении к России . 19 September 2022 . Meduza . ru.
24. Web site: В ЛНР предложили провести референдум о присоединении к России немедленно . 19 September 2022 . РБК . 19 September 2022 . ru.
25. Web site: Новости . Р. И. А. . 20 September 2022 . Референдум о вхождении ЛНР в состав России пройдет с 23 по 27 сентября . 20 September 2022 . РИА Новости . ru.
26. Web site: В ДНР заявили, что референдум о вхождении в состав России состоится с 23 по 27 сентября . 20 September 2022 . tass.ru.
27. News: Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia . Reuters . 28 September 2022 . Trevelyan . Mark.
28. Web site: Kremlin announces vote, paves way to annex part of Ukraine . . 27 September 2022.
29. News: Putin recognized the independence of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions . RIA . 30 September 2022.
30. News: Signing of treaties on accession of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia . Kremlin .
31. News: 30 September 2022 . Reuters . Putin says Russia has 'four new regions' as he announces annexation of Ukrainian territory . 30 September 2022 . 30 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930191609/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russia-has-four-new-regions-he-announces-annexation-ukrainian-2022-09-30/ . live .
32. Web site: Russian lawmakers vet new bill against LGBTQ 'propaganda' . ABC News.
33. News: Russia moves to ban 'LGBT propaganda' among all ages . Reuters . 27 October 2022 . Davis . Caleb.
34. Web site: Russian Lawmakers Vote in Favor of 'LGBT Propaganda' Expansion . 27 October 2022.
35. Web site: Russia passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults . . 24 November 2022.
36. News: Russia passes 'Answer to Blinken' gay propaganda law . BBC News . 24 November 2022 .
37. Web site: Russian politicians approve bill banning LGBTQ 'propaganda'.
38. News: Putin signs law expanding restrictions on 'LGBT propaganda' . ABC News . 5 December 2022 .
39. Web site: Ушла из жизни мастер спорта СССР, амурский тренер Ольга Дрейко. https://web.archive.org/web/20220104052137/https://www.teleport2001.ru/news/2022-01-04/140468-ushla-iz-zhizni-master-sporta-sssr-amurskiy-trener-olga-dreyko.html. dead. January 4, 2022. ТЕЛЕПОРТ.РФ.
40. Web site: Скончался бывший госсоветник при президенте РТ Фильза Хамидуллин. https://web.archive.org/web/20220105104125/https://www.business-gazeta.ru/news/535157. dead. January 5, 2022. БИЗНЕС Online.
41. Web site: О кончине В.В.Гудева - Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации. https://web.archive.org/web/20220531051019/https://mid.ru/ru/activity/shots/vnutrivedomstvennye_novosti/nekrologi_pamyati_kolleg/1793388/. dead. May 31, 2022. mid.ru.
42. Web site: Умер экс-глава Генштаба ВС РФ Квашнин. https://web.archive.org/web/20220923192911/https://www.bfm.ru/news/490111. dead. September 23, 2022. BFM.ru - деловой портал.
43. Web site: Умер легендарный деятель русского андеграунда Александр Лебедев-Фронтов. https://web.archive.org/web/20221020122427/https://rg.ru/2022/01/09/reg-szfo/umer-legendarnyj-deiatel-russkogo-andegraunda-aleksandr-lebedev-frontov.html. dead. January 9, 2022. October 20, 2022. Российская газета.
44. Web site: Умер победитель Олимпиады 1980 года штангист Виктор Мазин - ТАСС. https://web.archive.org/web/20221014144942/https://tass.ru/sport/13375423. dead. October 14, 2022. TACC.
45. Web site: Nina Rocheva . 2022-10-20 . 2022-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020213848/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82205 . live .
46. Web site: Умерла Валентина Полухина. ru. Colta. 8 February 2022.
47. Web site: Умерла олимпийская чемпионка по лыжным гонкам Алевтина Колчина | Новости | Российский Стадион - информационное агентство. https://web.archive.org/web/20220305034005/https://stadium.ru/news/04-03-2022-umerla-olimpiiskaya-chempionka-po-lijnim-gonkam-alevtina-kolchina. dead. March 5, 2022. stadium.ru.
48. Web site: В Хабаровске скончался бывший депутат Госдумы Валентин Кныш < Новости | Дебри-ДВ. https://web.archive.org/web/20220306011817/http://www.debri-dv.ru/article/30269/v_habarovske_skonchalsya_byvshiy_deputat_gosdumy__valentin_knysh. dead. March 6, 2022. www.debri-dv.ru.
49. Web site: В Перми скончался 102-летний ветеран Великой Отечественной войны Василий Михайлович Астафьев. https://web.archive.org/web/20220326235839/https://59.ru/text/gorod/2022/03/07/70493675/. dead. March 7, 2022. March 26, 2022. 59.ru - новости Перми.
50. News: MacFarquhar . Neil . Troianovski . Anton . Nechepurenko . Ivan . 2022-04-06 . Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky Dies at 75; Ultranationalist Russian Politician . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-06 . 0362-4331.
51. Web site: Новости. https://web.archive.org/web/20220923195406/https://fc-baltika.ru/news/nevospolnimaya_utrata/. dead. September 23, 2022. fc-baltika.ru.
52. Web site: Ушла из жизни пензенская спортсменка Юлия Воеводина. https://web.archive.org/web/20220505120947/https://pravda-news.ru/news/sport/ushla-iz-zhizni-penzenskaya-sportsmenka-yuliya-voevodina/. dead. May 5, 2022. pravda-news.ru.
53. Web site: Умер старейший гроссмейстер мира Юрий Авербах. https://web.archive.org/web/20220507125415/https://sportrbc.ru/news/627655fe9a7947d7bc330b26 . dead . May 7, 2022 . РБК Спорт.
54. https://rsport.ria.ru/20220601/smert-1792456460.html Умер чемпион России 2003 года в составе ЦСКА
55. Web site: Гапонов-Грехов Андрей Викторович. https://archive.today/20220624102841/https://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=10362. dead. June 24, 2022. warheroes.ru.
56. Web site: Анатолий Владимирович Покровский 21.11.1930-02.06.2022 - Общероссийская Общественная Организация «Российское общество хирургов» .
57. Web site: Ушел из жизни уроженец Башкирии, заслуженный деятель науки РФ Юрий Халиуллин. https://web.archive.org/web/20220923200127/https://news.mail.ru/society/52017469/. dead. Новости. Mail.ru. July 2, 2022. September 23, 2022. 2 июля 2022 | Новости Mail.ru.
58. Web site: Умер заслуженный тренер СССР Станислав Леонович - 24СМИ. https://web.archive.org/web/20221002013006/https://24smi.org/amp/news/309350-umer-zasluzhennyi-trener-sssr-stanislav-leonovich.html. dead . October 2, 2022. 24smi.org.
59. Web site: Умер ученый Дмитрий Колкер, арестованный три дня назад по делу о госизмене. Его отправили в СИЗО с четвертой стадией рака. https://web.archive.org/web/20220923200130/https://meduza.io/news/2022/07/03/umer-uchenyy-dmitriy-kolker-arestovannyy-po-delu-o-gosizmene. dead. September 23, 2022. Meduza.
60. Web site: Чем известен Леонид Шварцман – Культура – Коммерсантъ. https://archive.today/20220705125603/https://www.kommersant.ru/amp/5445830. dead. July 5, 2022 . www.kommersant.ru.
61. Web site: Умер экс-командир "Альфы" Головатов. https://web.archive.org/web/20221020121149/https://rossaprimavera.ru/news/b33a32b5. dead . October 20, 2022. Красная весна.
62. https://ria.ru/20220802/efimov-1806690203.html Умер экс-глава Госкомитета СССР по печати, ветеран АПН Николай Ефимов
63. News: 2022-08-30 . Умер Михаил Горбачев . 2022-08-30 . NEWS.ru . ru.
64. News: Chairman of Russian oil producer Lukoil dies after falling from hospital window . Reuters . September 2022 . 2022-10-20 . 2022-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901161501/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/chairman-russian-oil-producer-lukoil-dies-after-falling-hospital-window-source-2022-09-01/ . live .
65. Web site: Óìåð äâóêðàòíûé îëèìïèéñêèé ÷åìïèîí ïî áîêñó Áîðèñ Ëàãóòèí. https://web.archive.org/web/20220905084348/https://www.sport-interfax.ru/860700. dead . September 5, 2022. Interfax.ru.