title: 2019 in Russia
text: # 2019 in Russia
  
  Events in the year 2019 in Russia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Vladimir Putin
  * Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev
  
  ## Events
  
  * February – The Russian military launches a nationwide tour to parade war trophies from its intervention in the Syrian Civil War.
  * 2-12 March – 2019 Winter Universiade
  * 6 March – the Russian Federal Assembly passed a law criminalising publication of online statements that are found "indecent" or "disrespectful" towards Russian state or government officials (including the president), stipulating fines of up to 100,000 roubles for first-time offenders, and 200,000 roubles or up to 15 days imprisonment for repeat.
  * 5 May – Aeroflot Flight 1492 crashes and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing 41 people on board.
  * 8 August – Nyonoksa radiation accident
  * 15 August – Ural Airlines Flight 178 crashed, all on board survived.
  * 7 September – Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others have been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
  
  ## Births
  
  * May 21, Tengku Ismail Leon Petra, son of the Muhammad V of Kelantan and Oksana Voevodina
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### February
  
  * February 3, Detsl, 35, Russian hip hop artist, heart attack.
  * February 4, Evgeniy Aleksandrov, footballer (b.1952)
  * February 8, Sergei Yursky, actor (b.1935)
  * February 18, Valentina Dimitrieva, farm worker (b.1937).
  
  ### March
  
  * March 1, Zhores Alferov, scientist (b.1930)
  
  ### April
  
  * April 27, Aleksey Lebed, politician (b.1955)
  
  ### May
  
  * May 9, Sergei Dorenko, journalist (b.1959)
  
  ### July
  
  * July 3 – Arseny Mironov, aeronautical engineer (b. 1917)
  