The following lists some of the events from the year 2017 in Russia.
Incumbents President: Vladimir Putin Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev
Governors
Events January 6 January - Russia begins to withdraw forces from Syria starting with an aircraft carrier group. Meanwhile, a declassified report in the US claims that President Putin ordered a campaign to influence last year's election against Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. 9 January - The death toll of people who died from alcohol poisoning in Irkutsk rises to 76. 20 January - A rally was held against the transfer of Saint Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg. 27 January - Russian lawmakers voted, 380–3, to decriminalize certain forms of domestic violence. Under the new law, first-time offenses that do not result in "serious bodily harm" carry a maximum fine of 30,000 rubles, up to 15 days' administrative arrest, or up to 120 hours of community service.
February 8 February – The Russian government gives names to five previously unnamed Kuril Islands in Sakhalin Oblast: Derevyanko Island (after Kuzma Derevyanko), Gnechko Island (after Alexey Gnechko), Gromyko Island (after Andrei Gromyko), Farkhutdinov Island (after Igor Farkhutdinov) and Shchetinina Island (after Anna Shchetinina).
March 26 March - Protests against alleged corruption in the federal Russian government took place simultaneously in many cities across the country. They were triggered by the lack of proper response from the Russian authorities to the published investigative film He Is Not Dimon to You, which has garnered more than 20 million views on YouTube.
April 3 April – Saint Petersburg Metro bombing. 20 April – The Russian government has prohibited Jehovah's Witnesses in all of Russia, going in favor of the Ministry of Justice. 29 April - Dozens are detained at protests against a re-election of Putin, with at least 30 arrested in St Petersburg and 16 in Kemerovo, and over 125 detentions being reported. 30 April – Russian Grand Prix F-1
May 29 May – 15 people die and around 200 are injured following a severe thunderstorm in Moscow and its suburbs.
June 1–3 June – St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 10 June – A gunman, 49-year-old Igor Zenkov, kills four people before being shot dead by local police and the National Guard during a special operation in the township of Kratovo, Moscow Oblast. 17 June – 2 July – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 22–29 June – Moscow International Film Festival June - The number of people fined or arrested for alleged violations of public gathering regulations is 2.5 times higher in the first half of 2017 alone than in the entire year of 2016.
September 1 September – Russian president Vladimir Putin expelled 755 diplomats response to United States sanctions takes effect. 10 September 2017 Karelia head election 2017 Russian elections
October 2 October – Iran nuclear deal cover by Russia official, US ambassador to UN warns, Russia is backing shield prevent to pass agreement to United States president, Donald Trump.
November 1 November - 18-year-old Andrey Emelyannikov stabbed 44-year-old Sergey Danilov before killing himself. 5 November - 260 anti-government demonstrators are arrested in Moscow. 26 November - Polina Bogusevich wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song, Wings.
December 5 December - The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang due to evidence of systemic cheating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. (Yahoo!) December - Moscow has no sunlight in December, setting a record. Yakutia drops below −60 °C, and Moscow's temp is −7 °C.
2017
Russia's CPI hits a record-low 2.5% in 2017 and is expected to return to 4% the following year.
Deaths
2 January – Viktor Tsaryov, football player and coach (b. 1931) 11 January – Nikolay Neprimerov, physicist (b. 1921) 17 January – Aleksandr Ezhevsky, engineer and politician (b. 1915) 3 February – Zoya Bulgakova, actress (b. 1914) 4 February – Georgy Taratorkin, actor (b. 1945) 8 March - Dmitry Mezhevich, actor and songwriter (b. 1940) 16 March - Konstantin Stupin, Soviet and Russian rock musician and actor (b. 1972) 1 April - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poet (b. 1933) 1 May - Anatoly Aleksin, writer and poet (b. 1924) 20 May – Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, 1st President of the Udmurt Republic (b. 1951) 2 June – Oskar Kaibyshev, scientist (b. 1939) 8 June – Zoya Krylova, journalist and politician (b. 1944) 4 July – Daniil Granin, author (b. 1919 15 August – Pavel Egorov, pianist (b. 1948) 29 August – Evdokia Bobyleva, teacher (b. 1919) 2 September – Viktor Cherepkov, politician, mayor of Vladivostok (b. 1942) 10 September – Leila Mardanshina, oil and gas operator (b. 1927)
Predicted and scheduled events August 15–20 August – MAKS Air Show
September 24 September – Moscow Marathon 28 September – 1 October – IgroMir
See also List of Russian films of 2017 2017–2018 Russian protests 2017 Russian Circuit Racing Series
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