2016 in Russia
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Incumbents
Events
- January 1 - The presidential decree on dissolving of Russian Federal Space Agency and transforming it into the Roscosmos Space Corporation has come into force.
- January 19-23 - Junior 2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships in Chelyabinsk
- February 8-15 - 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
- February 16-20 - 2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships Final in Saransk, Mordovia
- 25-29 February - Vorkuta mine disaster: Ignition of leaking methane gas caused a series of explosions 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 - 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.
- March 19 - 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 - 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.
Predicted and scheduled events
- August 25-28 - 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in St. Petersburg
