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style="text-align:center; width:50%; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size:110%"><a href="/wiki/AD_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 2014">2014</a></span><br /> in<br /> <span class="adr"><span class="country-name location"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:88%; background:#f3f3f3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <p><span style="font-size:120%">→</span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Russia" title="2015 in Russia">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Russia" title="2016 in Russia">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Russia" title="2017 in Russia">2017</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Russia" title="Category:1990s in Russia">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Russia" title="Category:2000s in Russia">2000s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Russia" title="Category:2010s in Russia">2010s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Russia" title="Category:2020s in Russia">2020s</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Russia" title="History of Russia">History of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history" title="Timeline of Russian history">Timeline of Russian history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Russia" title="List of years in Russia">List of years in Russia</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following lists events that happened in <b>2014 in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia" title="Prime Minister of Russia">Prime Minister of Russia</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>9 January – Russian authorities investigate six suspicious deaths and at least one car explosion in southern Russia's <a href="/wiki/Stavropol" title="Stavropol">Stavropol</a> territory, about 300 miles from <a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a>, the site of next month's Winter Olympics.</li> <li>14 January – Russia expels American journalist <a href="/wiki/David_Satter" title="David Satter">David Satter</a> from the country in the first such case since 1982.</li> <li>17 January – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> cautions gay people should not "spread gay propaganda" when visiting the host city of Sochi.</li> <li>18 January – Seven suspected militants are killed by Russian security forces in a shootout near <a href="/wiki/Makhachkala" title="Makhachkala">Makhachkala</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>.</li> <li>20 January <ul><li>An Islamist group claims responsibility for the bombings and threatens attacks on the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Winter Olympic Games">2014 Winter Olympic Games</a> to be held in Sochi.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(Michigan_politician)" title="Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)">Mike Rogers</a> accuses <a href="/wiki/Edward_Snowden" title="Edward Snowden">Edward Snowden</a> of collaborating with Russia.</li></ul></li> <li>23 January – <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Russia" title="Supreme Court of Russia">Supreme Court of Russia</a> releases <a href="/wiki/Platon_Lebedev" title="Platon Lebedev">Platon Lebedev</a>, a business partner of Russian magnate and former head of <a href="/wiki/Yukos" title="Yukos">Yukos</a> <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky" title="Mikhail Khodorkovsky">Mikhail Khodorkovsky</a>, after he spent more than 10 years in jail.</li> <li>29 January – Largest Russian TV providers disconnected leading independent <a href="/wiki/TV_Rain" title="TV Rain">TV Rain</a> channel. The previous days the channel was criticised by Vladimir Putin's press secretary and Russian parliament members.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>3 February – <a href="/wiki/2014_Moscow_school_shooting" title="2014 Moscow school shooting">Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage</a> at a high school in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. The suspected shooter, a 15-year-old student at the school, surrenders to authorities. It is one of the first school shootings to occur in Russia.</li> <li>7 February <ul><li>Russia's Foreign Ministry calls new US sanctions against Iran a "direct violation of the Geneva deal" and "unacceptable".</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a></b>: <ul><li>The opening ceremony is held in Sochi.</li> <li>A man <a href="/wiki/Pegasus_Airlines_Flight_751" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus Airlines Flight 751">attempts to hijack</a> a <a href="/wiki/Pegasus_Airlines" title="Pegasus Airlines">Pegasus Airlines</a> flight from <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>, Ukraine, and demands to be flown to Sochi; the pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, where the passenger was arrested.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>9 February – A gunman <a href="/wiki/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk_cathedral_shooting" title="Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk cathedral shooting">kills two people</a> at a Russian Orthodox cathedral in <a href="/wiki/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk" title="Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk">Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin" title="Sakhalin">Sakhalin</a>.</li> <li>12 February <ul><li>Russia says it will veto a U.N. resolution on humanitarian aid access in Syria, claiming that the draft is an effort to prepare for military strikes against President <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>'s regime.</li> <li>Russians <a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Volosozhar" title="Tatiana Volosozhar">Tatiana Volosozhar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maxim_Trankov" title="Maxim Trankov">Maxim Trankov</a> win the gold in pairs figure skating, becoming the first to do on home ice since <a href="/wiki/Maxi_Herber" title="Maxi Herber">Maxi Herber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Baier" title="Ernst Baier">Ernst Baier</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics" title="1936 Winter Olympics">1936 Winter Olympics</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>13 February <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Russia_relations" title="Egypt–Russia relations">Egypt–Russia relations</a></b>: <ul><li>During a two-day visit by an Egyptian delegation in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Sergey Lavrov</a> said that Moscow and <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> have agreed to speed up work on drafting agreements on military-technological cooperation. Russian Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Shoigu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Shoigu">Sergey Shoigu</a> added that this could include joint military exercises and training of Egyptian officers in Russian military academies.</li> <li>Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports Egyptian Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a>'s bid for the upcoming presidential election in Egypt.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>17 February – Iran's ambassador to Russia says that Russia could build a second reactor at Iran's <a href="/wiki/Bushehr_nuclear_power_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Bushehr nuclear power plant">Bushehr nuclear power plant</a> in exchange for Iranian oil, under an oil-for-goods deal being negotiated that has alarmed the United States.</li> <li>19 February – <a href="/wiki/Nadezhda_Tolokonnikova" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadezhda Tolokonnikova">Nadezhda Tolokonnikova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Alyokhina" title="Maria Alyokhina">Maria Alyokhina</a>, former members of <a href="/wiki/Pussy_Riot" title="Pussy Riot">Pussy Riot</a>, are arrested and subsequently released after protesting during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.</li> <li>20 February <ul><li>Alpine skier <a href="/wiki/Bogdana_Matsotska" class="mw-redirect" title="Bogdana Matsotska">Bogdana Matsotska</a> of the Ukraine Olympic team decides to pull out of the Winter Games in Sochi, as widespread anti-government protests back home leave dozens dead and hundreds injured.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelina_Sotnikova" title="Adelina Sotnikova">Adelina Sotnikova</a> wins the gold at the Olympics, giving Russia its first Olympic gold medal in ladies' singles figure skating.</li></ul></li> <li>23 February <ul><li>Former Ukrainian President <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a> is blocked by Ukraine's customs in <a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a> from taking a plane to Russia.</li> <li>The Winter Olympics in Sochi officially concludes.</li></ul></li> <li>24 February – Police arrested over 400 people in Manege Square hours after picking up some 200 people outside the court where the Bolotnaya square case defendants were being tried.</li> <li>25 February – Russia's leading opposition activists <a href="/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov" title="Boris Nemtsov">Boris Nemtsov</a>, Alexei Navalny, <a href="/wiki/Ilya_Yashin" title="Ilya Yashin">Ilya Yashin</a> are jailed for 7–10 days for disobeying a police officer while protesting against the Bolotnaya square case. The previous day, in Moscow police detained over 400 people, including Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina.</li> <li>26 February – The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, orders snap military exercises near the Ukraine border.</li> <li>27 February <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>The Parliament of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea announces a referendum to determine the region's future and ousts the regional government.</li> <li>Ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, whose whereabouts remained unknown before he turned up in Russia, issues a statement saying that he is still the legitimate president and "ready to fight to the end" to fulfill his deal with the opposition.</li> <li>Around 50 armed men bearing Russian national symbols seize the building of the Supreme Council of Crimea following clashes between the ethnic Tatar and Russian protesters. The interim authorities of Ukraine put security forces on alert.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a> has announced that it plans to hold a referendum for independence the same day as the elections in Ukraine.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>28 February <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Members of the Russian Parliament propose new laws that would make it easier for Russia to incorporate parts of Ukraine.</li> <li>Russia finally confirms that it has moved troops in Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> region to protect its own interests.</li> <li>Acting General Prosecutor General <a href="/wiki/Oleh_Makhnitskyi" title="Oleh Makhnitskyi">Oleh Makhnitskyi</a> formally calls on Russia to extradite ousted President Viktor Yanukovych along with 10 other figures; the list includes former Prosecutor General <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Pshonka" title="Viktor Pshonka">Viktor Pshonka</a>, former Interior Minister <a href="/wiki/Vitaliy_Zakharchenko" title="Vitaliy Zakharchenko">Vitaliy Zakharchenko</a>, Yanukovich aide <a href="/wiki/Andriy_Klyuyev" title="Andriy Klyuyev">Andriy Klyuyev</a>, and former Justice Minister <a href="/wiki/Olena_Lukash" title="Olena Lukash">Olena Lukash</a>.</li> <li>Interim President of Ukraine <a href="/wiki/Oleksandr_Turchynov" title="Oleksandr Turchynov">Oleksandr Turchynov</a> says the Russian military is "directly involved" in the crisis in Crimea, while Interior Minister <a href="/wiki/Arsen_Avakov" title="Arsen Avakov">Arsen Avakov</a> describes the events as "a military invasion and occupation".</li> <li>News agency Interfax-Ukraine reports that armed pro-Russian men have taken over control of two airports, among which <a href="/wiki/Simferopol_International_Airport" title="Simferopol International Airport">Simferopol International Airport</a>, and raised the Russian Navy flag.</li></ul></li> <li>Russian businessman and oppositionist Gleb Fetisov, a co-chair of the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Greens_and_Social_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats">Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats</a>, detained in Moscow.</li> <li>The leader of the <a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Progress Party (Russia)">People's Alliance</a> opposition party <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Navalny" title="Alexei Navalny">Alexei Navalny</a> placed under house arrest.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Russian President Vladimir Putin formally asks the Federation Council of the Russian Parliament for approval to use armed forces in Ukraine. He receives unanimous support. The council also demands for President Putin to recall the Russian Federation ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.</li> <li>US President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> warns Russia, saying that any violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be "deeply destabilizing," and that "the United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine."</li> <li>De facto Prime Minister of Crimea <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov" title="Sergey Aksyonov">Sergey Aksyonov</a> claims control of all military, police and other forces in Crimea and asks the President of Russia Vladimir Putin for assistance.</li> <li>Russian Federation ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> is summoned by the British Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>.</li> <li>The U.N. Security Council is to be summoned for the second time in just two days.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>2 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Ukraine's Navy commander-in-chief, <a href="/wiki/Denis_Berezovsky" title="Denis Berezovsky">Denis Berezovsky</a> who was appointed only 1 March, defects to the Russia-backed Crimea government.</li> <li>Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine's airspace has been closed to any non-civilian aircraft.</li></ul></li> <li>In Russia, police detained several hundred <a href="/wiki/2014_anti-war_protests_in_Russia" title="2014 anti-war protests in Russia">anti-war protesters in Moscow</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>3 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>The commander of the Ukrainian frigate <i><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_frigate_Hetman_Sahaydachniy_(U130)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130)">Hetman Sahaydachniy</a></i> reportedly confirms that the ship never defected to Russia as reported in Russian media.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>'s deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a> responds by summoning his Russian ambassador for talks.</li> <li>The Lithuanian and Polish presidents call for <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> treaty Article 4 consultations on the basis that Russia is executing military maneuvers in Kaliningrad, close to the borders with <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>.</li> <li>Reuters reports that armed men have seized a ferry checkpoint between Crimea and Russia.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>4 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference, saying that “force isn't needed right now” after deploying roughly 16,000 troops to Crimea.</li> <li>Swedish foreign secretary <a href="/wiki/Carl_Bildt" title="Carl Bildt">Carl Bildt</a> compares the ousted Ukraine President <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a> to Norwegian traitor <a href="/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling" title="Vidkun Quisling">Vidkun Quisling</a> after Yanukovych asked Russia to intervene to restore "law and order" in the country.</li> <li>Russia's UN ambassador says to the UN Security Council that Ukraine's fugitive former President Viktor Yanukovych requested Russian soldiers in the strategic Crimea region "to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order," contradicting the president's own comments last week.</li> <li>Vladimir Putin orders troops near the Ukraine border to return to their bases with Kremlin spokesman <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Peskov" title="Dmitry Peskov">Dmitry Peskov</a> calling the military exercises a "success".</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>5 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>UN Envoy <a href="/wiki/Robert_Serry" title="Robert Serry">Robert Serry</a> is ordered to leave Crimea at gunpoint after being threatened by 10–15 armed men.</li> <li>Saying she cannot be part of a network that "whitewashes the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin", Washington-based anchor <a href="/wiki/Liz_Wahl" title="Liz Wahl">Liz Wahl</a> resigns on-air from the Russian government-backed news channel <a href="/wiki/RT_(TV_network)" title="RT (TV network)">RT</a>.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>6 March – A special referendum date is moved again. Now it becomes 16 March 2014 instead of the previously announced 30 March. Voters will be asked whether they wish to stay part of Ukraine or join the Russian Federation.</li> <li>7 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Armed men – thought to be Russian – attempt to seize a Ukrainian military base in <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a>, withdrawing soon afterwards.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> scrambles fighter jets after a Russian surveillance plane flew along its <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> coast.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>10 March – A pro-Russian military force of just about a dozen men take control of the Ukrainian naval base near the town of <a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai" title="Bakhchysarai">Bakhchysarai</a>.</li> <li>12 March – Russia says planned U.S. financial aid to Ukraine is illegal.</li> <li>13 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Leaders in the Ukrainian <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast">Kherson Oblast</a> threaten to shut off all power and water to Crimea if the referendum goes forward.</li> <li>Russia masses its military near the Ukrainian border again as new military operations are announced.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>14 March – United States Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> and Russian Foreign Affairs Minister <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Sergey Lavrov</a> meet in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, United Kingdom, to discuss the current Crimean crisis.</li> <li>15 March – The March of Peace took place in Russia a day before the <a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean referendum">Crimean referendum</a>. 30,000 people participated in anti-war protests in Moscow.</li> <li>16 March – <a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean referendum">Voters in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia</a>. Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States condemn the referendum, which did not give voters the option of the status quo.</li> <li>17 March <ul><li>President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the United States will <a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Ukrainian_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="International sanctions during the Ukrainian crisis">sanction Russian officials</a> that contributed to the current Crimean crisis.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea</a> is declared.</li></ul></li> <li>18 March <ul><li>A Ukrainian military serviceman is <a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Simferopol Incident">killed in an attack on a base</a> in Crimea's main city, Simferopol.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> announces it will fall in line with American sanctions against Russia for its role in promoting the secession of Crimea from Ukraine.</li> <li>The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a> formally requests to join the Russian Federation.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>19 March – Russian forces overrun the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol and another naval base.</li> <li>20 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>The Chancellor of Germany, <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a>, announces the possibility of further sanctions from the European Union against Russia for the invasion and annexation of <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>.</li> <li>The President of the United States, Barack Obama, announces further sanctions against Russia in response to the annexation of Crimea.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>21 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>The Russian Federation Council, the upper house of the Federal Assembly, approves the annexation of Crimea.</li> <li>The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs the legislation completing the annexation of Crimea.</li></ul></li> <li>Ukraine signs an <a href="/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_Association_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement">association accord with the European Union</a> in defiance of Russia.</li></ul></li> <li>22 March – Russian troops capture <a href="/wiki/Novofedorivka" title="Novofedorivka">Novofedorivka</a>, an airbase of the Ukrainian Navy in the western region of the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Peninsula">Crimean Peninsula</a>.</li> <li>24 March <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>The interim President of Ukraine Olexander Turchynov orders Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Crimea.</li> <li>UK Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> says the planned <a href="/wiki/40th_G8_summit" class="mw-redirect" title="40th G8 summit">40th G8 summit</a> scheduled to be held in Sochi will not take place because of Russia's actions in Crimea.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>27 March – The <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="General Assembly of the United Nations">General Assembly of the United Nations</a> passes a motion condemning the Russian annexation of Crimea.</li> <li>28 March – Russia announces that it will raise the price Ukraine pays for Russian natural gas by 80%.</li> <li>29 March – Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, says that Russia has no intention of invading Ukraine.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 April – <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> suspends "all practical civilian and military cooperation" with Russia as a result of the annexation of Crimea, and no sign that Russian troops have withdrawn from the Ukrainian border.</li> <li>4 April – <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> suspends work at all restaurant locations in Crimea.</li> <li>6 April <ul><li>Pro-Russian demonstrators seize an administrative headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Communist Party of the Russian Federation">Communist Party of the Russian Federation</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Lokot" title="Anatoly Lokot">Anatoly Lokot</a> was elected mayor of the third-largest city of Novosibirsk, defeating ruling <a href="/wiki/United_Russia" title="United Russia">United Russia</a> party candidate.</li></ul></li> <li>7 April – Pro-Russian activists occupying a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> independent of the capital Kyiv.</li> <li>8 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">Pro-Russian protests in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Ukrainian police detain about 70 people in Kharkiv in an "anti-terrorist" operation that clear government buildings seized by pro-Russian protesters in Kharkiv.</li> <li>United States Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> accuses Russian agents and special forces on Tuesday of stirring separatist unrest in eastern Ukraine.</li> <li>Russia warns Ukraine that any use of force in eastern Ukraine could lead to a civil war.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>9 April – Over 50 people leave a Ukrainian security service building in <a href="/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk">Luhansk</a> that is currently occupied by pro-Russian separatists. Acting Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov states that the unrest will be resolved by force or talks in 48 hours.</li> <li>10 April <ul><li>The Parliamentary Assembly of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a> suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its annexation of <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>.</li> <li>Five Russian lawmakers have asked the Prosecutor General of Russia, <a href="/wiki/Yury_Chaika" title="Yury Chaika">Yury Chaika</a>, to investigate whether former Soviet leader <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> should face charges for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">breakup of the Soviet Union</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>11 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimean crisis">2014 Crimean crisis</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> join the list of countries supporting sanctions including asset freezings and travel bans directed at Russian individuals.</li> <li>Secretary General of NATO <a href="/wiki/Anders_Fogh_Rasmussen" title="Anders Fogh Rasmussen">Anders Fogh Rasmussen</a> visits Bulgaria and meets with President Rosen Plevneliev, during his visit he calls on Russia to withdraw their troops from the Ukrainian border.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>12 April – <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sloviansk" title="Siege of Sloviansk">Gunmen gain control of a police department</a> in the town of <a href="/wiki/Slaviansk" class="mw-redirect" title="Slaviansk">Slaviansk</a> in the eastern Ukraine.</li> <li>13 April – Ukraine launches a "<a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">full-scale anti-terrorist operation</a>" against pro-Russian protesters who have captured police and security forces buildings in the town of Slaviansk.</li> <li>14 April – Pro-Russian gunmen storm another police station, in the town of <a href="/wiki/Horlivka" title="Horlivka">Horlivka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk Oblast</a>.</li> <li>15 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kramatorsk" title="Battle of Kramatorsk">Shots are fired</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kramatorsk" title="Kramatorsk">Kramatorsk</a> air base as <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a> are dispatched to take on separatists. Unconfirmed reports state that 4 pro-Russian militants have been killed and 2 people have been injured. Some reports claim up to 10 deaths.</li> <li>Ukraine's acting President Olexander Turchynov has announced the start of an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian separatists.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>16 April – Six armored personnel carriers belonging to the Ukrainian military are captured by pro-Russian protesters amid rising tensions between the protestors and the military.</li> <li>17 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Russia and Ukraine together with the United States and the European Union sit down for emergency talks in Geneva. All four agree that "illegal military formations in Ukraine" must be dissolved, and that everyone occupying buildings must be disarmed and leave them. There would be an amnesty for all anti-government protesters under the agreement.</li> <li>A skirmish on the Ukrainian military base in Mariupol by pro-Russian militants results in the deaths of 3 of the militants, the wounding of another 13, and the capture of 63 others.</li> <li>The Ukrainian Army unit whose armoured vehicles were seized by pro-Russian forces is disbanded and its members charged with crimes.</li> <li>Russian President Vladimir Putin admits having sent Russian forces to Crimea last month to protect its military equipment there.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>18 April – Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk say they will not leave the government buildings, defying the Kyiv authorities and threatening a new international deal on Ukraine.</li> <li>19 April <ul><li>Ukraine suspends operations against pro-Russian militants in the east of the country over <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>.</li> <li>A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded over <a href="/wiki/Murmansk" title="Murmansk">Murmansk</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>20 April – Three people are killed in an attack on check post in Eastern Ukraine manned by pro-Russian supporters.</li> <li>21 April <ul><li>According to pro-Russian militants, the bodies of two pro-Russian militants are pulled from the <a href="/wiki/Seversky_Donets_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seversky Donets River">Seversky Donets River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sloviansk" title="Sloviansk">Sloviansk</a>, Ukraine, with both having multiple stab wounds. The claim could not be independently verified.</li> <li>Vladimir Putin signs a law greatly easing the granting of Russian citizenship to citizens of the countries formerly comprising the Soviet Union.</li></ul></li> <li>22 April <ul><li>Russian-born American-Israeli journalist <a href="/wiki/Simon_Ostrovsky" title="Simon Ostrovsky">Simon Ostrovsky</a> is reportedly abducted in Sloviansk by the militia of the separatist pro-Russian leader <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Ponomarev_(public_figure)" title="Vyacheslav Ponomarev (public figure)">Vyacheslav Ponomarev</a>.</li> <li>Russian political activist <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Navalny" title="Alexei Navalny">Alexei Navalny</a> is ordered to pay 300,000 rubles (US$8,400) in a libel suit by a municipal deputy who Navalny called a drug addict.</li></ul></li> <li>23 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Ukrainian security officials discover that the Assumption Monastery Lavra of the Moscow Patriarchate in <a href="/wiki/Sviatohirsk" title="Sviatohirsk">Sviatohirsk</a> served as a military base for pro-Russian insurgents who have besieged the region.</li> <li>Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Yarema" title="Vitaly Yarema">Vitaly Yarema</a> announces that pro-Russian militants will be targeted in four eastern cities, Kramatorsk, Slaviansk, Donetsk and Luhansk, as they refuse to vacate government buildings they previously seized, defying the international deal made in Geneva.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>24 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>The Ukrainian government says it's regained control of the city hall in the eastern port of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists. Administrative buildings have been taken over in at least a dozen towns in Eastern Ukraine.</li> <li>Washington accuses Moscow of fomenting unrest in the east, with Obama threatening the possibility of applying additional sanctions on Russia.</li> <li>Russian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Lavrov" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Lavrov">Sergei Lavrov</a> accuses the United States of being behind the political upheaval in Ukraine, and said Russia would respond if its interests came under attack.</li> <li>A battle between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops in Sloviansk, Ukraine, leaves 5 pro-Russian militants dead.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>25 April – A Ukrainian military helicopter is destroyed after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade at a base near the town of Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine.</li> <li>27 April <ul><li>Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine free a Swedish observer, but not the other seven European monitors they have been holding for three days.</li> <li>Eight people are killed by a fire in a medical facility in Russia's eastern Altai region.</li></ul></li> <li>28 April <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Pro-Russian gunmen seize the town of <a href="/wiki/Kostyantynivka" class="mw-redirect" title="Kostyantynivka">Kostyantynivka</a>, the latest in a string of towns in the eastern Ukraine.</li> <li>The United States imposes a third round of sanctions against Russia, reportedly in response to Russia encouraging rebellion in eastern Ukraine.</li> <li>Two thousand people holding a peaceful demonstration in Donetsk for a united Ukraine are attacked with bats and teargas by pro-Russians.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>29 April – Pro-Russian militants in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk seize the regional administration's headquarters, resulting in a tense standoff with the militants and security personnel.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1 May <ul><li>Pro-Russian militants seize the regional prosecutor's office in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.</li> <li>The People's Republic of China and Russia announce plans to hold joint naval exercises in the East China Sea in late May amid regional tensions about islands and airspace.</li></ul></li> <li>2 May – The Armed Forces of Ukraine launch a military operation against separatists in the city of Sloviansk with claims of many deaths and two Ukrainian Army helicopters downed. In the port city of <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a>, violent <a href="/wiki/2014_Odesa_clashes" title="2014 Odesa clashes">clashes</a> kill at least 42 people, as pro-Ukrainians set the pro-Russian headquarters on fire.</li> <li>4 May – Pro-Russian activists attack the police headquarters in Odesa, forcing the release of several people held over deadly violence two days before.</li> <li>5 May – Russian media reveals that President Vladimir Putin secretly signed a decree (No. 279) honoring more than 300 journalists for their "objective coverage" of Crimea's seizure from Ukraine.</li> <li>6 May <ul><li>Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov rules out any fresh talks in Geneva to defuse the crisis unless pro-Russian groups are also involved.</li> <li>Russian President Vladimir Putin signs into law a bill that bans profanity at arts, cultural and entertainment events.</li></ul></li> <li>7 May <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Pro-Russian militants recapture the city hall of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol hours after the Ukrainian government forces <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mariupol_(May%E2%80%93June_2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Mariupol (May–June 2014)">took control</a> of the building from the militants.</li> <li>Five pro-Russian militants are killed and fifteen more are captured during clashes with the Ukrainian military in the outskirts of the southern city of Mariupol.</li> <li>Russian President Vladimir Putin says that <a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_presidential_election" title="2014 Ukrainian presidential election">Ukraine's presidential election</a> on 25 May is a step "in the right direction", calling on pro-Russian protesters to postpone an 11 May <a href="/wiki/2014_Donbass_status_referendums" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Donbass status referendums">federalization referendum</a>. Putin also added qualifying conditions.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>8 May – Pro-Russian rebels push forward with plans for a referendum on 11 May ignoring Putin's statement to delay the vote.</li> <li>9 May <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimea_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Crimea crisis">2014 Crimea crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Crimea for the first time since the annexation, arriving in Sevastopol for <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(9_May)" title="Victory Day (9 May)">Victory Day</a> celebrations.</li> <li>Russia test fired several nuclear delivery systems on the Victory day celebrations and also sent a naval flotilla led by the Russian aircraft carrier <i><a href="/wiki/Russian_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov" title="Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov">Admiral Kuznetsov</a></i> through the English Channel.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>12 May – Pro-Russian insurgents in Donetsk and Luhansk declare the cities independent states whilst on choosing to join Russia after controversial hastily arranged referendums.</li> <li>13 May – Another 13 individuals, including Russian President Vladimir Putin's first deputy chief of staff, <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Volodin" title="Vyacheslav Volodin">Vyacheslav Volodin</a> and the self-declared mayor of Sloviansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, and two legal entities are added to the EU sanctions list for "undermining or threatening" Ukraine's sovereignty.</li> <li>14 May – Talks to end the crisis in Ukraine begin, without representatives of pro-Russian separatist groups.</li> <li>16 May <ul><li>Pro-Russian rebels quickly withdraw from Mariupol as dozens of unarmed pro-Ukraine steelworkers with some employed by System Capital Management joined by the police start to patrol the city.</li> <li>A Russian <a href="/wiki/Proton-M" title="Proton-M">Proton-M</a> rocket carrying a communications satellite veers off its intended path and burns up in the atmosphere.</li></ul></li> <li>19 May <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he ordered troops in the Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk regions to withdraw and return to their permanent bases.</li> <li>NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, says the Western allies had not seen any sign of a withdrawal of Russian forces.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>20 May – The President of Russia Vladimir Putin arrives in the People's Republic of China for a state visit.</li> <li>21 May <ul><li>Graham Phillips, a British national and reporter for the Russian TV network RT, is detained in Mariupol by the SBU.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> and Vladimir Putin sign a massive <a href="/wiki/Power_of_Siberia" title="Power of Siberia">30-year natural gas export contract</a> worth $400 billion.</li></ul></li> <li>22 May <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>At least 11 Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed and 30 injured when pro-Russian separatists attack a military checkpoint.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> in eastern Ukraine declares martial law and asks Russia to send peacekeeping troops to protect civilians.</li> <li>The unrecognised <a href="/wiki/Novorossiya_(confederation)" title="Novorossiya (confederation)">Federal State of New Russia confederation</a> is declared and agreements were signed between leaders of two self-proclaimed republics.</li></ul></li> <li>Negotiations between Iran and Russia regarding the building of two additional nuclear reactors at Iran's Bushehr power plant take place.</li></ul></li> <li>23 May <ul><li>Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he will respect the outcome of Ukraine's presidential election.</li> <li>Russia and China veto a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in Syria.</li> <li>Research shows that the <a href="/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor" title="Chelyabinsk meteor">Chelyabinsk meteor</a> was the remnants of an asteroid that collided with another asteroid 290 million years before entering the Earth's atmosphere over Russia in February of last year.</li></ul></li> <li>26 May <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Pro-Russian militants force the closure of <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_International_Airport" title="Donetsk International Airport">Donetsk International Airport</a> a day after preventing any voters in the city of Donetsk from casting a vote in the Ukrainian presidential election.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">Ukrainian Air Force conducts airstrikes on Donetsk International Airport</a> while paratroopers drop in to fight pro-Russian separatists.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>27 May <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>At least thirty pro-Russian separatists have died in fighting over control of Donetsk International Airport; the Ukrainian government claims to have total control of the airport following the clashes with the separatists.</li> <li>The newly elected President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko vows to continue Kyiv's anti-terrorist operation against pro-Russian militants in the east.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>15 July – <a href="/wiki/2014_Moscow_Metro_derailment" title="2014 Moscow Metro derailment">Moscow Metro derailment</a>.</li> <li>17 July – <a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">Malaysia Airlines Flight 17</a> (MH17) was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Eastern <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> controlled by pro-Russian separatists.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 August – Russia has said that any further escalation of the <a href="/wiki/2014_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" title="2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes</a> is unacceptable.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 September <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian rebels near <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_International_Airport" title="Luhansk International Airport">Luhansk International Airport</a>. The area is encircled by the pro-Russian forces for over 3 weeks.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Heletey" title="Valeriy Heletey">Valeriy Heletey</a>, Ukraine's Defence Minister, accuses Russia of launching a "great war".</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>3 September <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine" title="2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine">2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine</a></b>: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/RIA_Novosti" title="RIA Novosti">RIA Novosti</a> news agency reports that Russian photojournalist <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Stenin" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrey Stenin">Andrey Stenin</a> has been found dead in Ukraine. It was discovered that he died 4 weeks ago.</li> <li>Ukraine claims that the President of Ukraine <a href="/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko">Petro Poroshenko</a> and the President of Russia <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> have agreed to a "permanent ceasefire". Russia later denies these claims.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> halts delivery of the first of two <a href="/wiki/Mistral-class_amphibious_assault_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Mistral-class amphibious assault ship"><i>Mistral</i>-class amphibious assault ships</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Russian Navy</a> due to circumstances in Ukraine.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>4 September – The two-day <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> summit in Newport, Wales, begins. Leaders agree to apply further sanctions on Russia. NATO sources claim that there are "several thousand" Russian troops inside Ukraine.</li> <li>5 September – The government of Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree to a cease-fire, fighting continues after the announcement.</li> <li>6 September – In an official statement, <a href="/wiki/Filaret_(Denysenko)" class="mw-redirect" title="Filaret (Denysenko)">Patriarch Filaret</a>, who heads the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Kyivan_Patriarchate" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate">Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate</a>, says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has fallen under the spell of Satan and faces eternal damnation to hell unless he repents.</li> <li>8 September – Pro-Russian rebels release 1,200 prisoners under ceasefire deal.</li> <li>12 September – The Government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists exchange dozens of prisoners agreed to as part of a ceasefire a week ago. Both sides still hold thousands of prisoners.</li> <li>14 September – Heavy fighting resumes between Ukraine forces and rebels near <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_International_Airport" title="Donetsk International Airport">Donetsk International Airport</a> with at least six people dead.</li> <li>15 September – Heavy shelling on the city of Donetsk leaves 6 people dead and 15 wounded.</li> <li>16 September – Russian billionaire <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Yevtushenkov" title="Vladimir Yevtushenkov">Vladimir Yevtushenkov</a> is placed under house arrest for alleged money laundering.</li> <li>17 September – A rocket attack by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine kills 10 civilians and injures 12 others in the village of Nyzhnya Krynka near Donetsk.</li> <li>21 September <ul><li>More than 26,000 people in Moscow participate in the largest demonstration so far against Russian president Vladimir Putin and the war in Donbas.</li> <li>Rallies in support of Ukraine and against the war in Donbas take place in Boston, New York, Sydney, Dublin, Madrid, London, Paris, Oslo, Tallinn, Limassol, Istanbul, Antalya, Cologne, Milan, Rome, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Moscow, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Berlaul and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.</li></ul></li> <li>23 September – President of Russia Vladimir Putin warns in a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Moscow will restrict Ukraine's access to Russian markets if Kyiv implements any part of a trade agreement with the European Union.</li> <li>24 September – A law is signed that limits foreign ownership stakes in any Russian media assets to 20% by early 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> imposes additional sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict and a visit by an aide of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to a <a href="/wiki/Iturup" title="Iturup">contested island</a> off the coast off northern Japan.</li></ul></li> <li>29 September – <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">Renewed clashes around the Donetsk International Airport</a> between the pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government troops kill at least 12 people in the worst flareup of violence since the ceasefire accord earlier in September.</li> <li>30 September – The Ukrainian military say they have repelled a renewed assault by the pro-Russian forces on the Donetsk International Airport. The airport has been under sustained assaults for over 2 weeks despite an official ceasefire.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>5 October – Four police officers are killed and four others wounded in a <a href="/wiki/2014_Grozny_bombing" title="2014 Grozny bombing">suicide bombing</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a>, the capital of Russia's North Caucasian republic of <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a>.</li> <li>16 October – Swedish Military caught a Russian signal from <a href="/wiki/Stockholm_archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockholm archipelago">Stockholm archipelago</a> going to <a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a>. The signal was sent between a transmitter in <a href="/wiki/Kanholmsfj%C3%A4rden" title="Kanholmsfjärden">Kanholmsfjärden</a> and a transmitter in Kaliningrad. Tomas Reis from the Försvarshögskolan in Sweden confirms that it is a Russian Submarine. The Swedish military also caught a distress call coming from the submarine. Swedish military is <a href="/wiki/Swedish_submarine_incidents" title="Swedish submarine incidents">hunting down the sub</a>.</li> <li>17 October – Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, and Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, will meet at the sidelines of the Asia–Europe Meeting in <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> to discuss the conflict and supplies of natural gas.</li> <li>21 October A so-called Russian Submarine Mothership is closing in on Sweden. The ship named <i>Professor Logachev</i> was seen from <a href="/wiki/Gotland" title="Gotland">Gotland</a> and was headed north. At the same time, another Russian ship, <i><a href="/wiki/NS_Concord" title="NS Concord">NS Concord</a></i> was leaving Swedish waters. It supposedly had a "Hangar for small underwater operations".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 November – Voters in break away "people's republics" (Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic respectively) in Donetsk and Luhansk go to the polls for <a href="/wiki/2014_Donbass_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Donbass general elections">parliamentary and presidential elections</a>. Rebel leaders <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Alexander Zakharchenko</a> (Donetsk) and <a href="/wiki/Igor_Plotnitsky" title="Igor Plotnitsky">Igor Plotnitsky</a> (Luhansk) appear set for victory in early counting in elections which will be recognised in Russia but not elsewhere. International observers noted a very high turnout.</li> <li>12 November – NATO claims that Russian Army troops and military equipment have entered Ukraine.</li> <li>14 November – Russia plans an "alternative <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>".</li> <li>16 November – The <a href="/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin_Presidential_Library" title="Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library">Russian Presidential Library</a> announces plans to establish a Russian version of Wikipedia stating that it would provide more "detailed and accurate" information about the country.</li> <li>26 November – At least three people die in a new round of fighting between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists.</li> <li>27 November – The election commission of <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a> bans the new pro-Russian party Homeland from competing in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Moldovan_parliamentary_election" title="2014 Moldovan parliamentary election">elections</a> because of financial support from abroad.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 December <ul><li>A search continues for 52 people missing from a <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> fishing vessel, the <i>Oriong-501</i>, that <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_Oryong_501" title="Sinking of Oryong 501">sank</a> early in the morning in bad weather in the <a href="/wiki/Bering_Sea" title="Bering Sea">Bering Sea</a> off <a href="/wiki/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka Autonomous Okrug</a>. Eight people have been rescued including one person who subsequently died.</li> <li>Russia abandons its plans for the <a href="/wiki/South_Stream" title="South Stream">South Stream</a> pipeline to <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> due to <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> objections instead looking at a <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Stream" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Stream">pipeline</a> to <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.</li> <li>Russia launches a new national defense facility in Moscow meant to monitor threats to national security in peacetime but take control of the country in wartime.</li></ul></li> <li>4 December – Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in <a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a>. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in <a href="/wiki/2014_Grozny_clashes" title="2014 Grozny clashes">gun battles</a> ending with ten insurgents killed.</li> <li>13 December – India and Russia sign deals on infrastructure, nuclear energy, and defence.</li> <li>16 December <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_financial_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Russian financial crisis">2014 Russian financial crisis</a></b>: <ul><li>The Bank of Russia announces an increase of its key interest rate, the Russian weekly repo rate, from 10.5 to 17 percent as an emergency move to halt the collapse of the ruble's value and, thereby, stabilize the Russian economy.</li> <li>Despite rate hike, the ruble falls to PP 65+ per US dollar and PP 80+ per Euro.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>18 December – The European Union imposes sanctions on Russian-annexed Crimea by banning investments and tourism in the region and halting oil explorations.</li> <li>19 December – US President Barack Obama imposes additional sanctions on Russian-controlled Crimea by an executive order forbidding exports of US goods and services to the region.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:2014_deaths" title="Category:2014 deaths">Category:2014 deaths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Deaths in 2014">Deaths in 2014</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Petrov</a></li> <li>13 February – <a href="/wiki/Georgy_Martyniuk" title="Georgy Martyniuk">Georgy Martyniuk</a></li> <li>18 February – <a href="/wiki/Margarita_St%C4%81raste-Bordev%C4%ABka" title="Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka">Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka</a></li> <li>19 February – <a href="/wiki/Valeri_Kubasov" class="mw-redirect" title="Valeri Kubasov">Valeri Kubasov</a></li> <li>27 February – <a href="/wiki/Chuner_Taksami" title="Chuner Taksami">Chuner Taksami</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_April_2014" title="Deaths in April 2014">Deaths in April 2014</a></div> <ul><li>20 April – <a href="/wiki/Benedikt_Sarnov" title="Benedikt Sarnov">Benedikt Sarnov</a>, author and critic</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_August_2014" title="Deaths in August 2014">Deaths in August 2014</a></div> <ul><li>2 August – <a href="/wiki/Olga_Voronets" title="Olga Voronets">Olga Voronets</a></li> <li>5 August – <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Anosov" title="Dmitri Anosov">Dmitri Anosov</a></li> <li>5 August – <a href="/wiki/Yakov_Yakovlevich_Etinger" 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Eiramdzhan">Anatoly Eiramdzhan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Russia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Russian_films_of_2014" title="List of Russian films of 2014">List of Russian films of 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War">Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox 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title="1771 in Russia">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1772_in_Russia" title="1772 in Russia">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1773_in_Russia" title="1773 in Russia">1773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1774_in_Russia" title="1774 in Russia">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1775_in_Russia" title="1775 in Russia">1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776_in_Russia" title="1776 in Russia">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1777_in_Russia" title="1777 in Russia">1777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1778_in_Russia" title="1778 in Russia">1778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1779_in_Russia" title="1779 in Russia">1779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1780_in_Russia" title="1780 in Russia">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1781_in_Russia" title="1781 in Russia">1781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1782_in_Russia" title="1782 in Russia">1782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1783_in_Russia" title="1783 in Russia">1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1784_in_Russia" title="1784 in Russia">1784</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/1799_in_Russia" title="1799 in Russia">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_in_Russia" title="1800 in Russia">1800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1801_in_Russia" title="1801 in Russia">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_in_Russia" title="1802 in Russia">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1803_in_Russia" title="1803 in Russia">1803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_in_Russia" title="1804 in Russia">1804</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1805_in_Russia" title="1805 in Russia">1805</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806_in_Russia" title="1806 in Russia">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1807_in_Russia" title="1807 in Russia">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808_in_Russia" title="1808 in Russia">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_in_Russia" title="1809 in Russia">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810_in_Russia" title="1810 in Russia">1810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_in_Russia" title="1811 in Russia">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812_in_Russia" title="1812 in Russia">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1813_in_Russia" title="1813 in Russia">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_in_Russia" title="1814 in Russia">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_in_Russia" title="1815 in Russia">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1816_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1816 in Russia (page does not exist)">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1817_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1817 in Russia (page does not exist)">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_in_Russia" title="1818 in Russia">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1819_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1819 in Russia (page does not exist)">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1820_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1820 in Russia (page does not exist)">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1821_in_Russia" title="1821 in Russia">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1822_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1822 in Russia (page does not exist)">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1823_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1823 in Russia (page does not exist)">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_in_Russia" title="1824 in Russia">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1825_in_Russia" title="1825 in Russia">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 in Russia (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1827_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1827 in Russia (page does not exist)">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_in_Russia" title="1828 in Russia">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_in_Russia" title="1829 in Russia">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_in_Russia" title="1830 in Russia">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_in_Russia" title="1831 in Russia">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1832_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1832 in Russia (page does not exist)">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1833_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1833 in Russia (page does not exist)">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_in_Russia" title="1834 in Russia">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1835_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1835 in Russia (page does not exist)">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1836_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1836 in Russia (page does not exist)">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_in_Russia" title="1837 in Russia">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1838_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1838 in Russia (page does not exist)">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1839_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1839 in Russia (page does not exist)">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_in_Russia" title="1840 in Russia">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 in Russia (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 in Russia (page does not exist)">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_in_Russia" title="1843 in Russia">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_in_Russia" title="1844 in Russia">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_in_Russia" title="1845 in Russia">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_in_Russia" title="1846 in Russia">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1847_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1847 in Russia (page does not exist)">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_in_Russia" title="1848 in Russia">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_in_Russia" title="1849 in Russia">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1850_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1850 in Russia (page does not exist)">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_in_Russia" title="1851 in Russia">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_in_Russia" title="1852 in Russia">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_in_Russia" title="1853 in Russia">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_in_Russia" title="1854 in Russia">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_in_Russia" title="1855 in Russia">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_in_Russia" title="1856 in Russia">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_in_Russia" title="1857 in Russia">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_in_Russia" title="1858 in Russia">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_in_Russia" title="1859 in Russia">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_in_Russia" title="1860 in Russia">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_in_Russia" title="1861 in Russia">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_in_Russia" title="1862 in Russia">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_in_Russia" title="1863 in Russia">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_in_Russia" title="1864 in Russia">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_in_Russia" title="1865 in Russia">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_in_Russia" title="1866 in Russia">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_in_Russia" title="1867 in Russia">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_in_Russia" title="1868 in Russia">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_in_Russia" title="1869 in Russia">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_in_Russia" title="1870 in Russia">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1871_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1871 in Russia (page does not exist)">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_in_Russia" title="1872 in Russia">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1873_in_Russia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1873 in Russia (page does not exist)">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_in_Russia" title="1874 in Russia">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_Russia" title="1875 in Russia">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_Russia" title="1876 in Russia">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_Russia" title="1877 in Russia">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_Russia" title="1878 in Russia">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_Russia" title="1879 in Russia">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_Russia" title="1880 in Russia">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_Russia" title="1881 in Russia">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_Russia" title="1882 in Russia">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_Russia" title="1883 in Russia">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_Russia" title="1884 in Russia">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_Russia" title="1885 in Russia">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_Russia" title="1886 in Russia">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_Russia" title="1887 in Russia">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_Russia" title="1888 in Russia">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_Russia" title="1889 in Russia">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_Russia" title="1890 in Russia">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_Russia" title="1891 in Russia">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_Russia" title="1892 in Russia">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_Russia" title="1893 in Russia">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_Russia" title="1894 in Russia">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_Russia" title="1895 in Russia">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_Russia" title="1896 in Russia">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_Russia" title="1897 in Russia">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_Russia" title="1898 in Russia">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_Russia" title="1899 in Russia">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_Russia" title="1900 in Russia">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_Russia" title="1901 in Russia">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_Russia" title="1902 in Russia">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_Russia" title="1903 in Russia">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_Russia" title="1904 in Russia">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_Russia" title="1905 in Russia">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_Russia" title="1906 in Russia">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_Russia" title="1907 in Russia">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_Russia" title="1908 in Russia">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_Russia" title="1909 in Russia">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_Russia" title="1910 in Russia">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_Russia" title="1911 in Russia">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_Russia" title="1912 in Russia">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_Russia" title="1913 in Russia">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_Russia" title="1914 in Russia">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_Russia" title="1915 in Russia">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_Russia" title="1916 in Russia">1916</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revolution and Civil War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_Russia" title="1917 in Russia">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_Russia" title="1918 in Russia">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_Russia" title="1919 in Russia">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_Russia" title="1920 in Russia">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_Russia" title="1921 in Russia">1921</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soviet Union</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1922 in the Soviet Union">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1923 in the Soviet Union">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1924 in the Soviet Union">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1925 in the Soviet Union">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1926 in the Soviet Union">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1927 in the Soviet Union">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1928 in the Soviet Union">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1929 in the Soviet Union">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1930 in the Soviet Union">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1931 in the Soviet Union">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1932 in the Soviet Union">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1933 in the Soviet Union">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1934 in the Soviet Union">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1935 in the Soviet Union">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1936 in the Soviet Union">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1937 in the Soviet Union">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1938 in the Soviet Union">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1939 in the Soviet Union">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1940 in the Soviet Union">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1941 in the Soviet Union">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1942 in the Soviet Union">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1943 in the Soviet Union">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1944 in the Soviet Union">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1945 in the Soviet Union">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1946 in the Soviet Union">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1947 in the Soviet Union">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1948 in the Soviet Union">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1949 in the Soviet Union">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1950 in the Soviet Union">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1951 in the Soviet Union">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1952 in the Soviet Union">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1953 in the Soviet Union">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1954 in the Soviet Union">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1955 in the Soviet Union">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1956 in the Soviet Union">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1957 in the Soviet Union">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1958 in the Soviet Union">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1959 in the Soviet Union">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 in the Soviet Union">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1961 in the Soviet Union">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1962 in the Soviet Union">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1963 in the Soviet Union">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1964 in the Soviet Union">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1965 in the Soviet Union">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1966 in the Soviet Union">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1970 in the Soviet Union">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1971 in the Soviet Union">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1976 in the Soviet Union">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1978 in the Soviet Union">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1979 in the Soviet Union">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1980 in the Soviet Union">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1981 in the Soviet Union">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1985 in the Soviet Union">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1986 in the Soviet Union">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_in_the_Soviet_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 in the Soviet Union (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1988 in the Soviet Union">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1989 in the Soviet Union">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1990 in the Soviet Union">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 in the Soviet Union">1991</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Russian Federation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 in Russia">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_Russia" title="1992 in Russia">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Russia" title="1993 in Russia">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_Russia" title="1994 in Russia">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_Russia" title="1995 in Russia">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_Russia" title="1996 in Russia">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_Russia" title="1997 in Russia">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_Russia" title="1998 in Russia">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_Russia" title="1999 in Russia">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Russia" title="2000 in Russia">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Russia" title="2001 in Russia">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Russia" title="2002 in Russia">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Russia" title="2003 in Russia">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Russia" title="2004 in Russia">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Russia" title="2005 in Russia">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Russia" title="2006 in Russia">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Russia" title="2007 in Russia">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Russia" title="2008 in Russia">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Russia" title="2009 in Russia">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Russia" title="2010 in Russia">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Russia" title="2011 in Russia">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Russia" title="2012 in Russia">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Russia" title="2013 in Russia">2013</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Russia" title="2015 in Russia">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Russia" title="2016 in Russia">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Russia" title="2017 in Russia">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Russia" title="2018 in Russia">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Russia" title="2019 in Russia">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Russia" title="2020 in Russia">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Russia" title="2021 in Russia">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Russia" title="2022 in Russia">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Russia" title="2023 in Russia">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Russia" title="2024 in Russia">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_Russia" title="2025 in Russia">2025</a></li></ul> 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<li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Bhutan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Bhutan (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Brunei" title="2014 in Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Cambodia" title="2014 in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_China" title="2014 in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Cyprus" title="2014 in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Egypt" title="2014 in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Georgia_(country)" title="2014 in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_India" title="2014 in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Indonesia" title="2014 in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Iran" title="2014 in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Iraq" title="2014 in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Israel" title="2014 in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a 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Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Tajikistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Tajikistan (page does not exist)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Thailand" title="2014 in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Timor-Leste&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Timor-Leste (page does not exist)">Timor-Leste (East Timor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Turkey" title="2014 in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Turkmenistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Turkmenistan (page does not exist)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="2014 in the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Uzbekistan" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Vietnam" title="2014 in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Yemen" title="2014 in Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">States with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Abkhazia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Abkhazia (page does not exist)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Northern_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Northern Cyprus (page does not exist)">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="2014 in the State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in South Ossetia (page does not exist)">South Ossetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Taiwan" title="2014 in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependencies</a> and<br />other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in the British Indian Ocean Territory (page does not exist)">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Christmas_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Christmas Island (page does not exist)">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (page does not exist)">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Hong_Kong" title="2014 in Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Macau" title="2014 in Macau">Macau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Asia" title="Category:Asia">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Asia" title="Portal:Asia">Asia portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="2014_in_Europe119" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Europe_topic" title="Template:Europe topic"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Europe_topic" title="Template talk:Europe topic"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Europe_topic" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Europe topic"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="2014_in_Europe119" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Europe" title="2014 in Europe">2014 in Europe </a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Albania" title="2014 in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Andorra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Andorra (page does not exist)">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Armenia" title="2014 in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Austria" title="2014 in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Azerbaijan" title="2014 in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Belarus" title="2014 in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Belgium" title="2014 in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="2014 in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Bulgaria" title="2014 in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Croatia" title="2014 in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Cyprus" title="2014 in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="2014 in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Denmark" title="2014 in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Estonia" title="2014 in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Finland" title="2014 in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_France" title="2014 in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Georgia_(country)" title="2014 in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Germany" title="2014 in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Greece" title="2014 in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Hungary" title="2014 in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Iceland" title="2014 in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Italy" title="2014 in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Kazakhstan" title="2014 in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Latvia" title="2014 in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Liechtenstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Liechtenstein (page does not exist)">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Lithuania" title="2014 in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Luxembourg" title="2014 in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Malta" title="2014 in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Moldova" title="2014 in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Monaco" title="2014 in Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Montenegro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Montenegro (page does not exist)">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_Netherlands" title="2014 in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in North Macedonia (page does not exist)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Norway" title="2014 in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Poland" title="2014 in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Portugal" title="2014 in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Romania" title="2014 in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_San_Marino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in San Marino (page does not exist)">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Serbia" title="2014 in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Slovakia" title="2014 in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Slovenia" title="2014 in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Spain" title="2014 in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Sweden" title="2014 in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Switzerland" title="2014 in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Turkey" title="2014 in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Ukraine" title="2014 in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Vatican_City" title="2014 in Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with limited<br />recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Abkhazia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Abkhazia (page does not exist)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Kosovo" title="2014 in Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Northern_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Northern Cyprus (page does not exist)">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in South Ossetia (page does not exist)">South Ossetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Transnistria" title="2014 in Transnistria">Transnistria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies and<br />other entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_%C3%85land&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Åland 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