2016 in Russia

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This article lists events from the year 2016 in Russia.

Incumbents

Events

=January=

1 January{{spaced endash}}The presidential decree on dissolving of Russian Federal Space Agency and transforming it into the Roscosmos Space Corporation has come into force.
19–23 January{{spaced endash}}Junior 2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships in Chelyabinsk.

=February=

8–15 February{{spaced endash}}2016 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tietennis.com/Tournaments/wta_stpetersburg2016/Overview|title=WTA - St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2016 at Sibur Arena St. Petersburgo on February, 2016|last=Tietennis|website=www.tietennis.com|access-date=2019-02-13}}
16–20 February{{spaced endash}}2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships Final in Saransk, Mordovia.
25–29 February{{spaced endash}}Vorkuta mine disaster: Ignition of leaking methane gas caused a series of explosions that caused the deaths of 36 people, including 31 miners and five rescue workers, in a coal mine near the city of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia.

=March=

14 March{{spaced endash}}Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War: Putin announced that the mission which he set for the Russian military in Syria "has been accomplished" and he ordered the withdrawal of the "main part" of the Russian forces from Syria.
19 March{{spaced endash}}Flydubai Flight 981 with Boeing 737-800 made two unsuccessful landing attempts at Rostov-on-Don Airport in inclement weather. It reached an altitude of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) (during its second go-around), but then suddenly went down and crashed into the ground at a high speed. All 62 people on board the aircraft were killed in the crash.

=April=

5 April{{spaced endash}}Internal Troops became the newly formed National Guard of Russia. The Federal Migration Service and the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia were subordinated to MVD.
28 April{{spaced endash}}Vostochny Cosmodrome.{{Cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/31/soyuz-11-satellites/|title=Soyuz rocket fires into space with 11 satellites – Spaceflight Now|last=Clark|first=Stephen|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/russia-inaugurates-vostochny-cosmodrome-with-semi-commercial-soyuz-launch/|title=Russia inaugurates Vostochny Cosmodrome with semi-commercial Soyuz launch|date=2018-12-27|website=SpaceNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-13}}

=May=

6–22 May{{spaced endash}}2016 IIHF World Championship.

=August=

17 August{{spaced endash}}Federal Security Service (FSB) officers kill at least four suspected North Caucasus Islamic militants during a counter-terrorism raid on an apartment building in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
27 August{{spaced endash}}A fire at a warehouse in Moscow, Russia, kills at least 17 people, all migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. The Investigative Committee of Russia, which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin, says a criminal inquiry has been launched.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/world/europe/moscow-warehouse-fire-kills-at-least-17-migrant-workers.html|title=Moscow Warehouse Fire Kills at Least 17 Migrant Workers|work=The New York Times |date=27 August 2016|via=NYTimes.com|last1=Nechepurenko |first1=Ivan }}
25–28 August{{spaced endash}}2016 Extreme Sailing Series in St. Petersburg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/gc32s-to-replace-extreme-40s-as-the-extreme-sailing-series-fast-tracks-to-a|title=GC32s to replace Extreme 40s|website=www.extremesailingseries.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-13}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.yachtingworld.com/news/extreme-sailing-series-move-to-super-light-gc32-foiling-catamarans-for-2016-season-67094|title=Extreme Sailing Series move to super-light GC32 foiling catamarans for 2016 season|last=World|first=Yachting|date=2015-08-25|magazine=Yachting World|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-13}}

=October=

3 October{{spaced endash}}President Putin suspends the 2000 nuclear pact with the United States on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear-idUSKCN1230YN | title=Putin suspends nuclear pact, raising stakes in row with Washington | newspaper=Reuters | date=3 October 2016 | access-date=24 October 2016}}
5 October{{spaced endash}}Vladimir Putin suspends the 2013 nuclear pact with the United States on uranium research.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear-uranium-idUSKCN12521J | title=Russia suspends nuclear agreement, ends uranium research pact with United States | newspaper=Reuters | date=5 October 2016 | access-date=24 October 2016}}
9 October{{spaced endash}}Eight militants, who planned attacks in Chechnya, were killed in a shootout with police. Four officers were injured as well.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
8 October{{spaced endash}}Russia deploys the nuclear-capable Iskander mobile short-range ballistic missile system to the Kaliningrad Oblast.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37597075 | title=Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad | work=BBC News | date=8 October 2016 | access-date=24 October 2016}}
23 October{{spaced endash}}A gas explosion in the Russian city of Ryazan kills at least 3 people and injures 13 others{{Cite web |date=2016-10-23 |title=3 dead in Russian apartment explosion |url=https://apnews.com/article/----09bde276f8474ee2a6a94027e6f74118 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=AP News |language=en-US}}
24 October{{spaced endash}} The Tolmachevy Sisters Concert in Minsk airs live on TV Channels Worldwide, including Freeform in the United States, Urging Viewers to vote for Donald Trump.

=November=

6 November{{spaced endash}}Explosion killed 6 people in Ivanovo a city in Russia.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-06 |title=6 dead, 4 injured in Russian apartment explosion |url=https://apnews.com/article/596c21bcc1684843ba44f8cb4b55b731 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=AP News |language=en-US}}

=December=

25 December{{spaced endash}}A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Sochi, Russia, killing all 92 people on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Deaths

=January=

1 January – Fazu Aliyeva, 83, Russian Avar poet and journalist, heart failure.{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/kultura/2568768|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204142238/http://tass.ru/kultura/2568768|url-status=dead|title=Народная поэтесса Дагестана Фазу Алиева скончалась на 84 году жизни - ТАСС|archivedate=4 February 2016|website=TASS}}
3 January – Igor Sergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the GRU (since 2011).[http://ria.ru/society/20160104/1354481658.html Путин соболезнует в связи со смертью начальника ГРУ Игоря Сергуна] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423072054/http://ria.ru/society/20160104/1354481658.html |date=23 April 2016 }} {{in lang|ru}}
5 January –
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov, 89, Russian computer scientist.{{Cite web|url=https://cs.msu.ru/persons/32|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215225156/https://cs.msu.ru/persons/32|url-status=dead|title=Королев Лев Николаевич | ВМК МГУ|archivedate=15 February 2016|website=cs.msu.ru}}
Anatoly Roshchin, 83, Russian heavyweight wrestler, Olympic champion (1972).{{Cite web|url=http://rsport.ru/around/20160105/888289447.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105175547/http://rsport.ru/around/20160105/888289447.html|url-status=dead|title=Ушел из жизни чемпион ОИ-1972 по греко-римской борьбе Анатолий Рощин|archivedate=5 January 2016}}

=February=

3 February – Valery Postnikov, 70, Russian ice hockey player and coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/reviews/963137/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306102526/http://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/reviews/963137/|url-status=dead|title=Тренер до последней секунды|date=3 February 2016|archivedate=6 March 2016|website=sport-express.ru}}

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