- 2007 in Russia
Events from the year
2007 inRussia .Arts
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March 1 – 5: The12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held, with the Grand Prix award given to "My Love".
*May 10 – 12: Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, held inFinland , "Song Number 1 ", comes in third.Politics
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Summer : TheDissenters March , which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer.
*September 7 : Russian personnel are ambushed in theVedeno region ofChechnya .
*November 15 : The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues.
*November 24 : Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess championGarry Kasparov , erupted inSaint Petersburg andMoscow .
*December 2 : A Chechen constitutional referendum was held inChechnya .
*December 2 : The Legislative elections for seats in theState Duma resulted in a majority win byUnited Russia .Sports
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January 27 –February 4 : The Bandy World Championships, the sport competition forBandy , began inKemerovo .
*April 21 –September 23 : TheRussian Championship XVII , a tournament for semi-professionalrugby league clubs, began.
*April 27 –May 13 : The 71st IIHF World Championship sponsored byInternational Ice Hockey Federation was held inMoscow .
*August 19 –August 26 : The Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier for the2008 Summer Olympics was held inKirishi .
*September 28 –October 7 : The World Fencing Championships were held inSaint Petersburg .
*November 21 : The Russian football season ends, with the national football team winning 5 out of 10 games.
*November 22 -25: The Cup of Russia, an internationalfigure skating competition , began inMoscow .Technology
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January 8 : TheRussia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.
*March 17 :UTair Flight 471 ends with ahard landing , killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others.
*March 19 : TheUlyanovskaya Mine disaster , a methane explosionKemerovo Oblast , kills at least 108 people.
*April 27 : A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes inChechnya , killing all 20 federal troops aboard.
*July 10 –August 4 : TheArktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at theNorth Pole .Other
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February 2 : Orange Snow fell in Sibera, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboringKazakhstan .
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