2023 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
File:Putin 21 Feb 2023 Speech.png
File:Putin-Xi meeting (2023).jpgOngoing: Russian invasion of Ukraine (timeline)
- 21 February – during the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin announced Russia's suspension of participation in the New START treaty, stating that Russia would not allow the US and NATO to inspect its nuclear facilities. He claimed the United States was continuing to develop new nuclear weapons, and if the U.S. conducted any nuclear weapons tests, then Russia would develop and test its own.{{cite news |title=Putin defends Ukraine invasion, warns West in address |language=en |work=NHK WORLD |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230221_43/ |access-date=21 February 2023}}{{Cite news |date=2023-02-21 |title=Putin Says Russia to Suspend New START Nuke Pact Participation |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/putin-says-russia-to-suspend-new-start-nuke-pact-participation |access-date=2023-02-21}}[https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-suspends-new-start-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-u-s-6498b44?mod=mhp Putin Suspends Nuclear-Arms Treaty Between Russia, U.S.], The Wall Street Journal
- 20–22 March - 2023 visit by Xi Jinping to Russia
- 25 March – Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July. The nuclear missiles will be operated by Russian forces. It will be the first time that Russian nuclear weapons have been deployed abroad since 1996.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65077687 | title=Putin: Russia to station nuclear weapons in Belarus | work=BBC News | date=25 March 2023 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-moscow-has-deal-with-belarus-station-nuclear-weapons-there-tass-2023-03-25/ | title=Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, US reacts cautiously | newspaper=Reuters | date=26 March 2023 | last1=Ljunggren | first1=David }}
- 2 April – Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky, a bombing occurred in the Street Food Bar №1 café on Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, died as a result of the explosion{{Cite web |date=2023-04-02 |title=Alert: Russian media say a famous military blogger has been killed in an apparent bombing attack at a café in St. Petersburg |url=https://www.middletownpress.com/news/world/article/alert-russian-media-say-a-famous-military-17874298.php |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=The Middletown Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402165102/https://www.middletownpress.com/news/world/article/alert-russian-media-say-a-famous-military-17874298.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Trevelyan |first1=Mark |last2=Light |first2=Felix |last3=Trevelyan |first3=Mark |date=2023-04-02 |title=Russian military blogger killed in St Petersburg bomb blast - agencies |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-blogger-killed-explosion-st-petersburg-agencies-2023-04-02/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402164705/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-blogger-killed-explosion-st-petersburg-agencies-2023-04-02/ |url-status=live }}Stepanenko, Kateryna and Kagan, Frederick W. (2 April 2023). [https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-2-2023 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 2, 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403051230/https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-2-2023 |date=3 April 2023 }} Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 3 April 2023. and 42 people were injured, 24 of whom were hospitalized, including six in critical condition.{{Cite web |last=Новости |first=Р. И. А. |date=2023-04-04 |title=После взрыва в Петербурге за медпомощью обратились 42 человека |trans-title=After the explosion in St. Petersburg, 42 people asked for medical help |url=https://ria.ru/20230404/medpomosch-1863022543.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=РИА Новости |language=ru |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405145623/https://ria.ru/20230404/medpomosch-1863022543.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Минздрав: 42 человека обратились за медпомощью после взрыва в Петербурге - Газета.Ru {{!}} Новости |trans-title=Ministry of Health: 42 people asked for medical help after the explosion in St. Petersburg - Gazeta.Ru {{!}} News |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2023/04/04/20136319.shtml |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Газета.Ru |date=4 April 2023 |language=ru |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405233847/https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2023/04/04/20136319.shtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Денисовна |first=Косолапова Арина |date=2023-04-04 |title=Число пострадавших от взрыва в Санкт-Петербурге увеличилось до 42 |trans-title=The number of victims of the explosion in St. Petersburg increased to 42 |url=https://iz.ru/1493623/2023-04-04/chislo-postradavshikh-ot-vzryva-v-sankt-peterburge-uvelichilos-do-42 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Известия |language=ru |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405235349/https://iz.ru/1493623/2023-04-04/chislo-postradavshikh-ot-vzryva-v-sankt-peterburge-uvelichilos-do-42 |url-status=live }}
- 3 April –
- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka Krai, with damage reported in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The Mutnovskaya Power Station is also temporarily shut down.{{Cite web |title=На Камчатке из-за землетрясения отключился генератор электростанции: ИА "Кам 24" |url=https://kam24.ru/news/main/20230403/96475.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=KAM24.RU}}
- Russia announces a ban on Armenian dairy imports amid a continued worsening of relations between the two countries.
- 27 April – the Moscow City Court ordered the SOVA Center which monitored nationalist and racist movements in Russia to close over claims that it carried out its activities throughout Russia despite only being registered in Moscow. The order occurred during a crackdown on human rights and independent organizations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Moscow |date=2023-04-27 |title=Moscow Court Orders Closure Of Sova Analytical Center |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/27/moscow-court-orders-closure-of-sova-analytical-center-a80969 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}
- 6 May – Russian writer and pro-war nationalist Zakhar Prilepin is injured and his driver is killed when their vehicle is hit by a car bomb in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65509809 | title=Zakhar Prilepin: Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb | work=BBC News | date=6 May 2023 }}{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-nationalist-writer-prilepin-wounded-car-bombing-tass-2023-05-06/ |title= Russian nationalist writer wounded in car bombing, one dead |publisher= Reuters |date= 6 May 2023 |access-date= 6 May 2023 |archive-date= 6 May 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230506123237/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-nationalist-writer-prilepin-wounded-car-bombing-tass-2023-05-06/ |url-status= live }}
- 13 June- Russia hints at possibly leaving the Black Sea grain deal. President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is contemplating withdrawing from Black Sea grain deal. Putin said Russia entered the Black Sea grain deal to help “friendly” countries in Africa and Latin America and maintain good relationships but they were deceived by the west.{{cite news |title= Russia Considering Quitting Ukraine safe corridor crop deal, Putin says |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-13/putin-says-russia-mulls-quitting-ukraine-safe-corridor-crop-deal#xj4y7vzkg |work= Bloomberg}}
- 14 June- The State Duma gives preliminary approval to a bill Banning Gender reassignment and outlaws changing birth gender on documents.{{cite web | url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/14/russian-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-gender-reassignment-a81507 | title=Russian Lawmakers Vote to Ban Gender Reassignment | date=14 June 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/06/14/russias-state-duma-unanimously-adopts-bill-on-sex-change-ban-in-first-reading-en-news | title=Russia's State Duma unanimously adopts bill on 'sex change' ban in first reading }}{{cite news | url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gender-reassignment-banned-duma/32459527.html | title=Russian State Duma Approves Bill Banning Gender Reassignment on First Reading | newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty }}
- 23 June – The Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, launched an armed rebellion after accusing the Russian military of killing Wagner forces. Wagner units withdrew from Ukraine and seized the city of Rostov-on-Don in Russia.{{cite news |date=24 June 2023 |title=LIVE: Rebel Russian mercenaries seize part of second city as Putin vows punishment |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-66006142 |work=BBC News |access-date=24 June 2023}}
- 24 June – The Wagner Group rebellion was abruptly halted by a deal brokered by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.
- 27 June – Russia drops all charges against Wagner Group. The defence ministry also announced that the group will be disarmed.{{cite news |title= Wagner group to hand over heavy weapons as FSB drops mutiny charges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66029382 |work= BBC}}
- 14 July – The State Duma approves bill banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgeries.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= Russia's Duma votes for law to ban gender reassignment surgery, in further crackdown on LGBTQ rights |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/14/europe/russia-lgbtq-rights-gender-reassignment-surgery-intl/index.html |work=CNN |location= |access-date=}}
- 17 July – Russia officially pulls out of the Black Sea grain deal.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= Russia pulls out of Ukraine grain deal, in potential blow to global food supplies |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/17/europe/russia-ukraine-grain-deal-intl/index.html |work= CNN |location= |access-date=}}
- 24 July – President Putin signs into law the law banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgeries.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/24/vladimir-putin-signs-law-banning-gender-changes-in-russia | title=Vladimir Putin signs law banning gender changes in Russia | newspaper=The Guardian | date=24 July 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/24/putin-signs-gender-reassignment-ban-into-law-a81950 | title=Putin Signs Gender Reassignment Ban into Law | date=24 July 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3228788/putin-signs-legislation-marking-final-step-outlawing-gender-affirming-procedures-russia | title=Putin signs legislation outlawing 'sex change' procedures in Russia | date=25 July 2023 }}
- 14 August – At least 35 people are killed and 105 others are injured in an explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala, Dagestan.{{Cite news |date=2023-08-15 |title=Fire at Russian fuel station kills 35, scores injured |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-dead-blast-car-service-russian-city-makhachkala-ria-2023-08-14/ |access-date=2023-08-15}}
- 23 August – 2023 Wagner Group plane crash.
- 2 September – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia will provide free grain to six African countries with plans supply up to 50 thousand tonnes.{{Cite web |title=Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 556 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/2/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-556 |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
- 8 September –
- Russia begins shipping crude oil to Brazil through Lukoil from Murmansk to Madre de Deus port, operated by Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobras.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-08 |title=Russia ships first oil cargo to Brazil as it seeks to diversify buyers |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-ships-first-oil-cargo-brazil-it-seeks-diversify-buyers-2023-09-08/ |access-date=2023-09-08}}
- The Russian government summons the ambassador of Armenia to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing of deterioration of relations between the two nations.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-08 |title=Russia issues 'harsh' protest to Armenia over range of 'unfriendly' actions |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-issues-harsh-protest-armenia-over-range-unfriendly-actions-2023-09-08/ |access-date=2023-09-08}}
- 2023 Russian elections: Russians elect the bodies of local government in the country.{{Cite news |last=Light |first=Felix |date=2023-09-07 |title=Russians vote in tightly controlled regional elections |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russians-vote-tightly-controlled-regional-elections-first-since-war-began-2023-09-07/ |access-date=2023-09-08}}
- Russia says that its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones that were attempting to attack a polling station in Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast, while voting was occurring.{{Cite web |last=Mohamed |first=Dalia Hatuqa,Edna |title=Russia-Ukraine war updates: 'Four killed' in wave of Russian attacks |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/9/8/russia-ukraine-live-news-at-least-one-policeman-killed-in-kryvyi-rih |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
- Russia's security services detain a man for plotting to blow up a railway in Crimea and collecting information on the deployment of Russian defense ministry facilities and units.{{Cite web |title=Russia detains man accused of plotting rail bombing in Crimea |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/russia-detains-man-accused-of-plotting-rail-bombing-in-crimea |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
- 10 September – 2023 Russian regional elections and By-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma{{cite news |date=13 September 2022 |title=Депутат Госдумы от Крыма Черняк досрочно сложил полномочия |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2022/09/13/940669-chernyak-dosrochno-slozhil-polnomochiya |newspaper=Ведомости}}{{cite web |date=15 September 2022 |title=ЦИК: В следующем году запланировано 20 выборов губернаторов |url=https://rg.ru/2022/09/15/cik-v-sleduiushchem-godu-zaplanirovano-20-vyborov-gubernatorov.html |website=rg.ru}}
- 12 September – 2023 North Korea-Russia summit: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for possible arms talks with Putin |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-kim-jong-un-russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine-rcna104563 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
- 13 September – The North Korea–Russia summit is held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, lasting for four hours, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowing that North Korea will support Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- 17 September – The 2023 North Korea–Russia summit concludes with Kim Jong Un returning to North Korea.{{Cite web |last=Kwon |first=Amarachi Orie,Darya Tarasova,Duarte Mendonca,Jake |date=2023-09-17 |title=North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/17/world/north-korea-kim-leaves-russia-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}
- 12 October – The United Nations Human Rights Council extends a special rapporteur's mandate to investigate human rights violations in Russia for an additional year, despite Russia's previous refusal to recognize the rapporteur's mandate or permit her entry into the country.{{Cite web |last=MILLARD |first=Robin |title=UN Human Rights Council Prolongs Russia Monitoring |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/un-human-rights-council-votes-to-extend-russia-monitoring-46a4324a |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}
- 13 October – Russian police detain one of the lawyers of Alexei Navalny and raid the houses of the other two, accusing them of belonging to an extremist organization.{{Cite news |last=Trevelyan |first=Mark |date=2023-10-13 |title=Allies of Russia's Navalny say three of his lawyers detained |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/investigators-search-homes-three-navalnys-lawyers-allies-say-2023-10-13/ |access-date=2023-10-13}}
- 17 October –
- The State Duma votes unanimously to revoke Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2023-10-17 |title=Russia Moves to Revoke Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/17/russia-moves-to-revoke-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-a82793 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks at the Belt and Road Initiative forum in Beijing, China. It is the first meeting between Putin and an EU leader since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=Putin meets Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán in first meeting with EU leader since invasion of Ukraine |url=https://apnews.com/article/putin-orban-russia-hungary-china-beijing-2265f08fcfa37e28f4b890d5ecce5d2e |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- 23 October – A Russian district court extends RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva's detention until December 5 as a "preventive measure" after Kurmasheva allegedly failed to register as a "foreign agent".{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Russian court extends detention of US-Russian journalist |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20231023-russian-court-extends-detention-of-us-russian-journalist |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=RFI |language=en}}
- 24 October – Lukoil's second chairman in just over a year, Vladimir Nekrasov, dies due to acute heart failure.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Mark |date=2023-10-24 |title=Lukoil chairman dies suddenly, second in just over a year {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/business/lukoil-chairman-nekrasov-dies/index.html |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}
- 28 October – Anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus: Protesters gather on the tarmac of Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, as a Red Wings Airlines flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, arrives, shouting antisemitic slogans and attempting to storm the plane.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-29 |title=Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-dagestan-tel-aviv-flight-airport-makhachkala-fa06b16131ed41c0c789981cdcaac84f |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- 2 November – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law formally withdrawing Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Russia maintains that it will not resume nuclear weapons testing unless the United States does.{{Cite news |last=Osborn |first=Andrew |date=2023-11-02 |title=Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban treaty |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-revokes-russias-ratification-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-2023-11-02/ |access-date=2023-11-02}}
- 30 November – the Russian Supreme Court ruled the "international LGBT movement" to be extremist, outlawing it in the country.{{Cite web |title=Russian Supreme Court bans the whole LGBTQ movement and brands activists 'extremists' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/russian-supreme-court-bans-the-whole-lgbtq-movement-and-brands-activists-extremists-13019582 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Sky News |language=en}}{{cite web | title=Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' | website=Reuters | date=30 November 2023 | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/top-russian-court-bans-lgbt-movement-extremist-2023-11-30/ | access-date=16 February 2024}}
- 6 December – Former People's Deputy of Ukraine Illia Kyva, who defected to Russia in March 2022, is found dead in Moscow Oblast.{{Cite web |title=Former Ukrainian lawmaker Illia Kyva found dead in Moscow region |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/former-ukrainian-lawmaker-illia-kyva-found-dead-in-moscow-region |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Meduza |language=en}}
- 7 December – One person is killed and five are injured in a mass shooting in Bryansk.{{cite news |title=Russia school shooting: Teenage girl kills classmate and herself |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67647620 |access-date=22 December 2023 |work=BBC |date=7 December 2023}}{{cite news |title=Стрельба в гимназии в Брянске 7 декабря 2023: причины, последние новости, видео |language=ru |work=Комсомольская правда |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/27591/4862593/ |url-status= |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231210222805/https://www.kp.ru/daily/27591/4862593 |archive-date=2023-12-10}}
- 23 December – The Central Election Commission rejects journalist Yekaterina Duntsova's candidacy for president, citing errors in Duntsova's submitted documents.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Russia bars pro-peace candidate from presidential ballot |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231223-russia-bars-pro-peace-candidate-from-presidential-ballot |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
Deaths
= January =
- 1 January – Viktor Ivanenko, 75, security officer.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=3 January 2023|title=Чем запомнился первый председатель КГБ РСФСР Виктор Иваненко?|trans-title= |url=https://dzen.ru/a/Y7LEYqq_PRqajQOS|language=Russian|work=Yandex Zen|location= |access-date=5 January 2023}}
- 2 January – Viktor Fainberg, 91, philologist and Soviet dissident.{{Cite web |title=Виктор Файнберг. Ахарай. |url=https://www.facebook.com/Victor.Fainberg.Acharaj/posts/pfbid02M6tqqn3r3Z2ce8wSgtXxiiQxTvicXbxQirGP3kNizpXHK7UP1y6MfkCuRorx21kDl |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}
- 3 January
- Ruslan Khasbulatov, 80, economist and politician, chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1991–1993).{{cite web|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/last-chairman-of-supreme-soviet-of-russia-rus-1619723.html|title=Last Chairman Of Supreme Soviet Of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov Dies At Age Of 80 - Family|website=www.urdupoint.com|date=3 January 2023}}
- Aleksey Malashenko, 71, academic and political scientist.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=3 January 2023|title=Умер один из ведущих российских востоковедов Алексей Малашенко|trans-title= |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/umer-odin-iz-veduschih-rossiyskih-vostokovedov-aleksey-malashenko-/32206431.html|language=Russian|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|location= |access-date=5 January 2023}}
- 5 January
- Magomed Abdulaev, 61, lawyer and politician.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=5 January 2023|title=В Махачкале после наезда автомобиля погиб экс-председатель правительства Дагестана|trans-title= |url=https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/16747435|language=Russian|work=TASS|location= |access-date=6 January 2023}}
- Albert Rachkov, 95, diplomat and politician, second secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan (1980–1986).{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 January 2023|title=О кончине А.И.Рачкова|trans-title= |url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/activity/shots/vnutrivedomstvennye_novosti/nekrologi_pamyati_kolleg/1846371/|language=Russian|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|location= |access-date=10 January 2023}}
- 7 January
- Aleksandr Kharchikov, 73, folk singer-songwriter.{{cite web|url=https://www.zaks.ru/amp/archive/view/234792|title=Умер бард Александр Харчиков|language=ru|website=www.zaks.ru}}
- Yuri Manin, 85, mathematician (Gauss–Manin connection).{{cite web|url=https://www.newsru.co.il/world/8jan2023/manin_104.html|title=В возрасте 85 лет умер известный математик Юрий Манин|website=www.newsru.co.il|date=8 January 2023 |language=ru}}
- 8 January
- Aleksandr Shabanov, 87, chemist and politician, deputy (1995–2003).{{cite web|url=https://gazeta-pravda.ru/issue/1-31350-1012-yanvarya-2023-goda/pamyati-tovarishcha1-23/|title=Памяти товарища|website=gazeta-pravda.ru|language=ru}}
- Georgy Shayduko, 60, sailor, Olympic silver medallist (1996), cardiac arrest.{{cite web|url=https://rusyf.ru/news/7631|title=Не Стало Георгия Шайдуко…|website=rusyf.ru|language=ru}}
- Aleksey Slapovsky, 65, novelist, playwright and screenwriter (The Irony of Fate 2).{{cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2023/01/08/umer-pisatel-aleksey-slapovskiy|title=Умер писатель Алексей Слаповский|work=Meduza|language=ru}}
- 11 January – Murtaza Rakhimov, 88, politician, president of Bashkortostan (1993–2010).{{cite web|url=https://ufa1.ru/text/incidents/2023/01/11/71518058/|title=Ушел из жизни экс-президент Башкирии Муртаза Рахимов|website=ufal.ru|date=11 January 2023 |language=ru}}
- 12 January – Sulambek Mamilov, 84, film director (Ladies' Tango, Day of Wrath, The Murder at Zhdanovskaya).{{cite news|script-title=ru:Умер режиссер Суламбек Мамилов|url=https://tass.ru/kultura/16790565|access-date=13 January 2023|publisher=tass.ru|date=13 January 2023|language=ru}}
- 14 January
- Inna Churikova, 79, actress (Jack Frost, The Very Same Munchhausen, Walking the Streets of Moscow).{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20230114/churikova-1844841708.html|title=Умерла Инна Чурикова|date=14 January 2023|website=RIA Novosti|access-date=14 January 2023|language=ru}}
- Georgy Gagloev, 25, mixed martial artist, strangled.{{Cite web |last=Zidan |first=Karim |date=2023-01-15 |title=MMA fighter who appealed to Kadyrov to help locate missing aunt found dead on train |url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2023/1/15/23556136/mma-fighter-ramzan-kadyrov-found-dead-train-kidnapping-violent-news |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Bloody Elbow |language=en}}
- 17 January – Vladimir Rusalov, 83, psychologist and anthropologist.{{Cite web |title=Скончался Владимир Михайлович Русалов – Институт психологии РАН |url=https://ipran.ru/notice/rusalov/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |language=ru-RU}}
- 18 January
- Nikolai Dostal, 76, film director (Man with an Accordion, Cloud-Paradise), screenwriter and actor (Sea Tales).{{Cite web |title=Умер режиссер Николай Досталь - Газета.Ru {{!}} Новости |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/news/2023/01/19/19523431.shtml |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Газета.Ru |date=19 January 2023 |language=ru}}
- Valiulla Maksutov, 68, politician, senator (1996).{{Cite web |title=Невосполнимая утрата |url=http://www.pohgor.ru/newss/news_4218.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=www.pohgor.ru}}
- 19 January
- Maya Menglet, 87, actress (It Happened in Penkovo, Chance, Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats).{{Cite web |title=Умерла звезда фильма "Дело было в Пенькове" Майя Менглет |url=https://www.womanhit.ru/stars/news/2023-01-20-umerla-aktrisa-majja-menglet/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=www.womanhit.ru}}
- Andrey Popov, 59, politician, MP (1993–1995).{{Cite web |last=Новости |first=Р. И. А. |date=2023-01-19 |title=Умер депутат Госдумы I созыва Андрей Попов |url=https://ria.ru/20230119/popov-1846018413.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=РИА Новости |language=ru}}
- Arsen Sukhovsky, actor (Non-Orphanage).{{Cite web |last=Болдырева |first=Ангира |title=Погиб юный актер, детдомовец Арсен Суховский, сыгравший в фильме с Иваном Охлобыстиным {{!}} STARHIT |url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/pogib-yunyi-akter-detdomovec-arsen-sukhovskii-sygravshii-v-filme-s-ivanom-okhlobystinym-861942/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=www.starhit.ru |language=ru}}
- Vera Votintseva, 56, singer-songwriter.{{Cite web |title=Умерла автор-исполнитель Вера Вотинцева |url=https://stuki-druki.com/2023/umerla-avtor-ispolnitel-vera-votinceva.php |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=stuki-druki.com |date=19 January 2023 |language=ru}}
- 22 January – {{ill|Vadim Mikhailov|ru|Михайлов, Вадим Васильевич}}, 91, Russian film director, screenwriter (The Year of the Dog) and writer.{{Cite web |title=На 92-м году жизни умер режиссер, сценарист и писатель Вадим Михайлов |url=https://www.newsru.co.il/world/24jan2023/vm.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=NEWSru.co.il |date=24 January 2023 |language=ru}}
- 23 January
- German Klimov, 81, athlete and screenwriter (Sport, Sport, Sport, Farewell).{{Cite web |title=Советский легкоатлет и сценарист Герман Климов скончался на 82-м году жизни |url=https://vm.ru/news/1027355-sovetskij-legkoatlet-i-scenarist-german-klimov-skonchalsya-na-82-m-godu-zhizni |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Вечерняя Москва |language=ru}}
- Dolores Kondrashova, 86, hairdresser.{{Cite web |title=Звездный парикмахер Долорес Кондрашова умерла в возрасте 86 лет |url=https://www.m24.ru/news/obshchestvo/23012023/543281 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=m24.ru |language=ru}}
- Valeri Urin, 88, football player (Dynamo Moscow, Daugava Riga, Soviet Union national team) and manager.{{Cite web |title=Новости ФК "Динамо" Москва {{!}} Скончался Валерий Урин. Официальный сайт клуба Динамо. |url=https://fcdm.ru/news/skoncalsia-valerii-urin |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Футбольный клуб «Динамо» Москва |date=23 January 2023 |language=ru}}
- 27 January – Alexander Pushnitsa, 73, sambo practitioner, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://forpost-sevastopol.ru/newsfull/66333/umer-trehkratnyj-chempion-mira-po-sambo-aleksandr-pushnitsa.html|title=Умер трехкратный чемпион мира по самбо Александр Пушница|accessdate=16 February 2024}}
- 28 January
- Evgeny Mogilevsky, 77, pianist.{{cite news | title=Mort du pianiste russe Evgueni Moguilevski | url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/mort-du-pianiste-russe-evgueni-moguilevski-3196701 | work=France Musique | author=Louis-Valentin Lopez | date=2023-02-01 | access-date=2024-02-16}}
- {{ill|Vyacheslav Nazaruk|ru|Назарук, Вячеслав Михайлович}}, 81, animator (Leopold the Cat), painter and sculptor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animator.ru/index.phtml?p=show_news&nid=2953|title=Аниматор.ру | Новости | Ушел из жизни художник Вячеслав Назарук.|website=www.animator.ru|accessdate=16 February 2024}}
- Vasily Zakharyashchev, 77, politician, deputy (2007–2011).[https://souzsadovodov.ru/news/glavnye-novosti/6816-pamyati-tovarischa Памяти товарища] {{in lang|ru}}
- 30 January – Viktor Ageyev, 86, water polo player, Olympic silver medallist (1960).{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54805|title=Olympedia – Viktor Ageyev|website=www.olympedia.org|accessdate=16 February 2024}}
= February =
- 8 February – Ivan Silayev, 92, last Premier of the Soviet Union
= August =
- 23 August
- Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, leader of the Wagner group
- Dmitry Utkin, 53, military officer and mercenary
- Valery Chekalov, 47, mercenary leader
= October =
- 31 October – Oleg Protopopov, 91, figure skater, Olympic gold medallist (1964, 1968).{{cite web|title=Olympic Figure Skater Oleg Protopopov Dead at 91|url=https://people.com/olympic-figure-skater-oleg-protopopov-dead-8387600|website=People|language=en|date=November 5, 2023}}
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