2007 in Russia
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Events from the year 2007 in Russia.
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[edit] Arts
- March 1-5 - The 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held, with the Grand Prix award given to My Love.
- May 10-12 - Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Finland, "Song Number 1", comes in third.
[edit] Politics
- Summer - The Dissenters March, which began in December of 2006, continue throughout the summer.
- September 7 - Russian personnel are ambushed in the Vedeno region of Chechnya.
- November 15 - The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues.
- November 24 - Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, erupted in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
- December 2 - A Chechen constitutional referendum was held in Chechnya.
- December 2 - The Legislative elections for seats in the State Duma resulted in a majority win by United Russia.
[edit] Sports
- January 27-February 4 - The Bandy World Championships, the sport competition for Bandy, began in Kemerovo.
- April 21-September 23 - The Russian Championship XVII, a tournament for semi-professional rugby league clubs, began.
- April 27-May 13 - The 71st IIHF World Championship sponsored by International Ice Hockey Federation was held in Moscow.
- September 28-October 7 - The World Fencing Championships were held in Saint Petersburg.
- November 21 - The Russian football season ends, with the national football team winning 5 out of 10 games.
- November 22-25 - The Cup of Russia, an international figure skating competition, began in Moscow.
[edit] Technology
- January 8 - The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.
- March 17 - UTair Flight 471 ends with a hard landing, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others.
- March 19 - The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion Kemerovo Oblast, kills at least 108 people.
- April 27 - A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya, killing all 20 federal troops aboard.
- July 10-August 4 - The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole.
[edit] Other
- February 2 - Orange Snow fell in Sibera, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan.
