2000 in Russia

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Russia.

Incumbents

 * President: Vladimir Putin (from May 7, acting President until May 7)
 * Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin (until May 7), Mikhail Kasyanov (from May 7)

February

 * February 4 - Second Chechen War: Bombing of Katyr-Yurt.
 * February 5 - Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre.
 * February 6 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny, Chechen capital Grozny falls to Russian troops.
 * February 29–March 1 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.

March

 * March - Second Chechen War: Komsomolskoye massacre.
 * March 1 - Second Chechen War: Grozny OMON fratricide incident.
 * March 4–March 25 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Komsomolskoye.
 * March 26 - Presidential elections: Vladimir Putin is elected president.
 * March 29 - Second Chechen War: Zhani-Vedeno ambush.

May

 * May 24 - The Russian Government threatens to bomb the Taliban in Afghanistan due to their support for Chechen rebels.

July

 * July 2–July 3 - Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.

August

 * August 12 - The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
 * August 14 - Tsar Nicholas II and several members of his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
 * August 28 - Moscow's Ostankino Tower set ablaze by fire caused by a short circuit.

September

 * September 15–October 1 - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.

December

 * December 25 - Russia changes their national anthem back to the old Soviet Union anthem, with newer lyrics.

Notable births

 * January 1 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (d. 2020)
 * January 26 - Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer
 * February 9 - Serafima Sakhanovich, figure skater
 * April 12 - Maria Sotskova, figure skater
 * November 8 - Anastasia Skoptsova, ice dancer

Notable deaths

 * January 6 - Alexey Vyzmanavin, Chess grandmaster (born 1960)
 * January 7 – Makhmud Esambayev, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (born 1924)
 * February 20 - Anatoly Sobchak, politician (born 1937)
 * February 29 - Nikita Moiseyev, mathematician (born 1917)
 * March 9 - Artyom Borovik, journalist and media magnate (born 1960)
 * March - William Pokhlyobkin, writer (born 1923)
 * April 19 - Sergey Pavlovich Zalygin, writer (born 1913)
 * May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (born 1933)
 * May 24 - Oleg Yefremov, actor (born 1927)
 * June 2 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, ophthalmologist and politician (born 1927)
 * July 24 - Anatoli Firsov, ice hockey player (born 1941)
 * August 1 - Galina Sergeyeva, actress (born 1914)
 * November 20 - Nikolay Dollezhal, engineer (born 1899)
 * Date unknown
 * David Klyshko, physicist (born 1929)
 * Jurij A. Treguboff, Soviet author (born 1913)