2006 in Russia

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Events from the year 2006 in Russia.

Incumbents

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister: Mikhail Fradkov

Events

• January 2–5 - Gimry fighting
• February 20 – Sukhoi, Tupolev, Ilyushin, Yakovlev, Irkut, Mikoyan, six aircraft brand merged, United Aircraft Corporation has business start.^{[page needed]}
• July 4 - 2006 Avtury ambush
• September 11 - 2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash
• September 13 - Ingush–Chechen fratricide incident
• September 15 - Minister of Health Mikhail Zurabov and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Health Protection Nikolai Gerasimenko propose reinstating the Childless tax in Russia that it used to have until the 1990s, Due to declining birth rates.^[1]
• December 2 - The Tolmachevy Twins won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania

Births

• 6 January – Nikita Bedrin, racing driver
• 17 January – Anastasiia Shabotova, Russian-Ukrainian figure skater
• 26 April – Kamila Valieva, figure skater
• 22 May – Daria Usacheva, figure skater
• 25 May – Maya Khromykh, figure skater

Deaths

January

• January 31 - Boris Kostelanetz, 94, Russian-born American tax lawyer.^[2]

June

• June 2 - Vyacheslav Klykov, 66, Russian sculptor and nationalist politician.^[3]
• June 17 -
  • Mikhail Lapshin, 71, Russian politician, leader of the Agrarian Party and former president of the Altai Republic (2002–2006), cause unknown.^[4]
  • Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, 40, fourth President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.^[5]

July

• July 7 - Dina Kaminskaya, 87, Russian lawyer who defended Soviet dissidents.^[6]
• July 10 - Shamil Basayev, 41, senior leader of the Chechen independence movement and Islamist militant..^[7]

See also

• List of Russian films of 2006

References

External links

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