2019 in Russia

The following lists events from 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.
 * 14 February – Michael Calvey, the founder of the Moscow-based private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, was arrested on suspicion of alleged embezzlement.
 * 2–12 March – 2019 Winter Universiade, a multi-sport event in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
 * 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.
 * July–September – 2019 Moscow protests caused by the situation with the 2019 Moscow City Duma elections.
 * 8 August – Nyonoksa radiation accident caused 5 immediate deaths.
 * 15 August – Ural Airlines Flight 178 crashed, all on board survived.
 * 7 September – Filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and 66 others have been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

Births

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

February

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

March

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

April

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

May

 * 9 May – Sergey Dorenko, journalist (b. 1959)

July

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