# 2025 in Russia

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Events in the year 2025 in Russia.

## Incumbents

* President: Vladimir Putin
* Prime Minister: Mikhail Mishustin

## Ongoing

* Russo-Ukrainian War
** Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)
** Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 January 2025 – present)

## Events
### January

* 11 January – Ukraine announces the capture of two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
* 17 January – Iran and Russia sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership treaty".
* 23 January – The Russian spy vessel Kidin is reported to have caught fire off the coast of Syria.
* 29 January – An illegal logger opens fire at forest rangers trying to arrest him in Usokhi, Kaluga Oblast, killing three rangers and holding two others hostage before committing suicide.

### February

* 6 February – Yury Borisov is dismissed as director-general of Roscosmos by President Putin and is replaced by Gonets head Dmitry Bakanov.
* 8 February –
** An underwater cable in the Baltic Sea owned by Rostelecom is damaged following an "external impact".
** At least eight people are injured in a fire at the former Elektrozavod building in Moscow.
* 9 February – A state of emergency is declared in Sakhalin Oblast after the Chinese cargo vessel An Ying 2 runs aground off the coast of Nevelsky District.
* 11 February –
** The European Court of Human Rights rules that the Russian government had engaged in "a coordinated effort to suppress dissent" over its invasion of Ukraine.
** Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia for drugs charges since 2021, is released and repatriated to the United States as part of a prisoner exchange.
* 12 February – US President Donald Trump announces the beginning of negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine following a phone call with President Putin.
* 13 February –
** The FSB says that it had killed several members of a terrorist group plotting an attack on the Pskov train station following a shootout.
** Two miners are killed in a collapse at a potash mine operated by Uralkali in Solikamsk, Perm Krai.
** Cryptocurrency exchange operator Alexander Vinnik, who had been imprisoned in the United States for a cybercrime conviction, is released and repatriated to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange.
* 17 February – Konstantin Rachalovsky, the deputy governor of Rostov Oblast, is arrested on suspicion of abuse of power over the provision of state subsidies amounting to 155.2 million rubles ($1.7 million) to financially distressed companies that eventually went bankrupt.
* 18 February – Russia and the United States began official discussions in Saudi Arabia on ending the war in Ukraine.
* 26 February – Denis Alexeyev, the deputy governor of Vologda Oblast, is arrested along with Kirill Bocharov, head of the Vologda Oblast representative office in Moscow, on suspicion of receiving part of a 100 million ruble ($1.1 million) bribe.
* 27 February – A man is arrested for throwing a grenade at the entrance to the regional administration office of Samara Oblast in Samara.
* 28 February – The FSB arrests two church officials on suspicion of plotting to kill Russian Orthodox bishop Tikhon Shevkunov, who is close to Putin.

### March

* 3 March – The FSB says it shot and killed a man who planned "terrorist attacks" on the Moscow metro and a Jewish religious institution in Moscow.
* 4 March – Nikolai Onishchenko, the head of Zavyalovsky District, Altai Krai, is shot dead while leaving a cafe in Zavyalovo.
* 5 March – Four suspected Islamic State militants are killed in an "anti-terrorist operation" in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
* 10 March – Two British diplomats are expelled from Russia for alleged spying.
* 11 March – Two students are injured in a knife attack at a school in Nizhny Novgorod. The suspect, who is also a student, is arrested.
* 13 March – The Russian defence ministry says its forces had retaken Sudzha, Kursk Oblast from Ukraine.

## Holidays

Source:
* 1–7 January – New Year's Day and Holidays
* 7 January – Christmas (Orthodox)
* 23 February – Defender of the Fatherland Day
* 24 February – Defender of the Fatherland Holiday
* 8 March – International Women's Day
* 10 March – International Women's Day Holiday
* 1 May – Spring and Labour Day
* 17 May – Constitution Day
* 29 May – Ascension Day
* 9 May – Victory Day
* 12 June – Russia Day
* 4 November – Unity Day

## Deaths

* 1 January:
** Viktor Alksnis, 74, politician, mayor of Tuchkovo (2013–2015), MP (2000–2007), and deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991).
** Vladimir Kosykh, 74, politician, MP (1993–1995).
* 10 January: Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya, 60, actress (Queen Margot, The Irony of Fate 2, Guys from Mars).
* 29 January:
** Vadim Naumov, 55, Olympic figure skater (1992, 1994), world champion (1994)
** Evgenia Shishkova, 52, Olympic figure skater (1992, 1994), world champion (1994)
* 27 February: Boris Spassky, 88, chess grandmaster, world champion (1969–1972).
* 13 March: Sofia Gubaidulina, 93, composer.