2019 in Russia

The following lists events from the year 2019 in Russia.

Incumbents

February – The Russian military launches a nationwide tour to parade war trophies from its intervention in the Syrian civil war.
14 February – Michael Calvey, the founder of the Moscow-based private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, was arrested on suspicion of alleged embezzlement.
2–12 March – 2019 Winter Universiade, a multi-sport event in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
6 March – the Russian Federal Assembly passed a law criminalising publication of online statements that are found "indecent" or "disrespectful" towards Russian state or government officials (including the president), stipulating fines of up to 100,000 roubles for first-time offenders, and 200,000 roubles or up to 15 days imprisonment for repeat.
5 May – Aeroflot Flight 1492 crashes and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing 41 people on board.
28 May– in the village of Bolshevik in Volsk, Russia 15-year-old seventh-grader Daniil Pulkin threw two Molotov cocktails and hit a 12-year-old girl on the head with an axe, after which he fled the scene of the crime. The attacker was detained the same day.
July–September – 2019 Moscow protests caused by the situation with the 2019 Moscow City Duma elections.
8 August – Nyonoksa radiation accident caused 5 immediate deaths.
15 August – Ural Airlines Flight 178 crashed, all on board survived.
7 September – Filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and 66 others have been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.