{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Incomplete list|date=September 2022}} {{Year in Russia|2012}} Events from the year '''2012 in the Russia'''

==Incumbents== * President of Russia – Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia) (until 7 May), Vladimir Putin (United Russia) (from 7 May) * Prime Minister of Russia – Vladimir Putin (United Russia) (until 7 May), Viktor Zubkov (7-8 May, acting), Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia) (from 8 May)

===Governors=== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * Amur Oblast: Oleg Kozhemyako (ER) * Arkhangelsk Oblast: Ilya Mikhalchuk (until January 13, ER), Igor Orlov (starting January 13, ER) * Astrakhan Oblast: Alexander Zhilkin (ER) * Belgorod Oblast: Yevgeny Savchenko (ER) * Bryansk Oblast: Nikolay Denin (ER) * Chelyabinsk Oblast: Mikhail Yurevich (ER) * Irkutsk Oblast: Dmitry Mezentsev (until May 18, ER), Sergey Yeroshenko (starting May 18, ER) * Ivanovo Oblast: Mikhail Men (ER) * Kaliningrad Oblast: Nikolay Tsukanov (ER) * Kaluga Oblast: Anatoly Artamonov (ER) * Kemerovo Oblast: Aman Tuleyev (ER) * Kirov Oblast: Nikita Belykh (Independent) * Kostroma Oblast: Igor Slyunyayev (until April 13, ER), Sergey Sitnikov (starting April 13, ER) * Kurgan Oblast: Oleg Bogomolov (ER) * Kursk Oblast: Aleksandr Mikhailov (ER) * Leningrad Oblast: Valery Serdyukov (until May 28, ER), Alexander Drozdenko (starting May 28, ER) * Lipetsk Oblast: Oleg Korolyov (ER) * Magadan Oblast: Nikolai Dudov (ER) * Moscow Oblast: Boris Gromov (until May 11, ER), Sergey Shoygu (May 11–November 6, ER), Andrey Vorobyov (starting November 8, ER) * Murmansk Oblast: Dmitry Dmitrienko (until April 4, ER), Marina Kovtun (starting April 4, ER) * Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: Valery Shantsev (ER) * Novgorod Oblast: Sergey Mitin (ER) * Novosibirsk Oblast: Vasily Yurchenko (ER) * Omsk Oblast: Leonid Polezhayev (until May 30, ER), Viktor Nazarov (starting May 30, ER) * Orenburg Oblast: Yury Berg (ER) * Oryol Oblast: Alexander Kozlov (ER) * Penza Oblast: Vasily Bochkarev (ER) * Pskov Oblast: Andrey Turchak (ER) * Rostov Oblast: Vasily Golubev (ER) * Ryazan Oblast: Oleg Kovalyov (ER) * Sakhalin Oblast: Alexander Khoroshavin (ER) * Samara Oblast: Vladimir Artemyakov (until May 10, ER), Nikolai Merkushkin (starting May 10, ER) * Saratov Oblast: Pavel Ipatov (until March 23, ER), Valery Radaev (starting March 23, ER) * Smolensk Oblast: Sergey Antufyev (until April 20, ER), Alexey Ostrovsky (starting April 20, LDPR) * Tambov Oblast: Oleg Betin (ER) * Tomsk Oblast: Viktor Kress (until March 17, ER), Sergey Zhvachkin (starting March 17, ER) * Tula Oblast: Vladimir Gruzdev (ER) * Tver Oblast: Andrey Shevelyov (ER) * Tyumen Oblast: Vladimir Yakushev (ER) * Ulyanovsk Oblast: Sergey Morozov (ER) * Vladimir Oblast: Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF) * Volgograd Oblast: Anatoly Brovko (until January 17, ER), Sergey Bozhenov (starting January 22, ER) * Vologda Oblast: Oleg Kuvshinnikov (ER) * Voronezh Oblast: Alexey Gordeyev (ER) * Yaroslavl Oblast: Sergey Vakhrukov (until April 28, ER), Sergey Yastrebov (starting April 28, ER) * Jewish Autonomous Oblast: Alexander Vinnikov (ER) }}

== Events == {{Expand section|date=February 2012}}

=== January === * January 5 – Russia loses to Sweden 1–0 in overtime in the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 Jan 2012 |title=Game Summary |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/270/IHM270131_74_5_0.pdf |website=IIHF}}</ref> * January 9 – Insurgency in the North Caucasus: Clashes occur between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Vedensky District, Chechnya, with reportedly 8 killed and 16 wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.ria.ru/russia/20120109/170680970.html |title=Eight killed in clash in Russia's Chechnya {{!}} Russia {{!}} RIA Novosti |date=9 January 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121111905/http://en.ria.ru/russia/20120109/170680970.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 15 – Russia's unmanned Fobos-Grunt space probe re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after a failed mission to the Martian moon Phobos. The 13-ton spacecraft disintegrates over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 16:45 UTC. China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, which was launched together with Fobos-Grunt, is also destroyed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16491457 |title=BBC News – Phobos-Grunt: Failed probe 'falls over Pacific' |publisher=BBC News |date=14 January 2012 |access-date=2018-06-20 |archive-date=2018-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517231321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16491457 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spaceflight101.com/phobos-grunt-re-entry-information.html |title=Phobos Grunt Re Entry Information – SPACEFLIGHT101 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226110615/http://www.spaceflight101.com/phobos-grunt-re-entry-information.html |archive-date=2012-02-26 }}</ref> * January 27 – Insurgency in the North Caucasus: 13 people are killed in three separate clashes between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkariya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gh82WNpGJ_tgN1zKmGobSKu1fDyg?docId=d2f9d2d855b1460db890e72af3c5506a|title=The Associated Press: 13 killed in clashes in Russia's volatile Caucasus}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

=== February === * February 13–17 – 2012 Nozhay-Yurtovsky District clashes. * February 27 – The 2012 Astrakhan gas explosion occurs

=== March === * March 4 – The 2012 Presidential election is held. * March 20–24 – The 2012 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place

=== April ===

* April 2 – UTair Flight 120 crashed * April 26–29 – The 2012 European Judo Championships took place

=== May === * May 3 – The 2012 Makhachkala attack occurs * May 7 – Putin was inaugurated as President * May 8 – Medvedev appointed as Prime Minister and later he became leader of the United Russia Party * May 21 – new cabinet was formed.

=== June === * June 3–4 – The European Union-Russia Summit in Saint Petersburg. * June - Moscow courts enacted a hundred-year ban on gay pride parades.<ref>{{cite news |title=Not The Onion: Moscow Bans Gay Pride for Next 100 years |first=Steve |last=Clemons |author-link=Steven Clemons |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/not-the-onion-moscow-bans-gay-pride-for-next-100-years/258296/ |newspaper=The Atlantic |date=8 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref>

=== July === * July – The Russian foreign agent law bill is introduced by legislators from the governing United Russia party. * July 20 – The Russian foreign agent law is signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The law requires non-profit organizations that receive foreign donations and engage in "political activity" to register and declare themselves as foreign agents * Stavropol region has a ban on hijabs in schools. the first of its kind imposed by a region in the Russian federation. The ruling was upheld by Russia's Supreme Court in July 2013.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/world/europe/russian-regions-hijab-ban-puts-squeeze-on-muslims.html | title=Local Russian Hijab Ban Puts Muslims in a Squeeze | newspaper=The New York Times | date=19 March 2013 | last1=Barry | first1=Ellen }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13038095 | title=The Islamic veil across Europe | publisher=BBC News | date=31 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Supreme-Court-confirmation:-prohibited-to-wear-hijab-in-Russian-high-schools-28440.html | title=Supreme Court confirmation: Prohibited to wear hijab in Russian high schools }}</ref>

=== August ===

* August 22 – Russia became the 156th member of the World Trade Organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RUS0002 - Evidence on EU and Russia |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/54058/html/ |access-date=2026-04-13 |website=committees.parliament.uk}}</ref>

=== October ===

* October – The Donguz explosion occurs * October 14 – A second round of regional elections were held

=== November ===

* November 4 – National unity day<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-04 |title=Russia is celebrating National Unity Day |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/16751 |access-date=2026-04-13 |website=President of Russia}}</ref>

* November 7 – The 2012 Moscow shooting occurs

=== December ===

* December 6–9 – The 2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final took place

* December 13–16 – The 2012 Channel One Cup took place * December 25–28 – The 2013 Russian Figure Skating Championships took place

* December 29 – Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 crashed at Moscow Vnukovo Airport

== Notable deaths == {{expand section|date=September 2022}} {{Further|:Category:2012 deaths|Deaths in 2012}}

[[File:Ludmila Kasatkina.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Lyudmila Kasatkina]]

=== January === {{Main|Deaths in January 2012}}

* January 2 – Anatoly Kolesov, 73, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964), after long illness. (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2012/01/kz_3955169.shtml |title=Умер олимпийский чемпион по классической борьбе Анатолий Колесов — Газета.Ru {{!}} Спорт |access-date=2012-01-04 |archive-date=2017-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827211156/https://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2012/01/kz_3955169.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 2 – Ivan Calin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://moldnews.md/rus/news/43809 |title=MOLDNEWS {{!}}{{!}} В Кишиневе скончался экс-депутат, член ЦК ПКРМ Иван Калин |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426090242/http://moldnews.md/rus/news/43809 |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 3 – Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.mail.ru/inregions/fareast/25/7746921/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612165617/http://news.mail.ru/inregions/fareast/25/7746921/|title=Новости@Mail.Ru: Страница не найдена|archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> * January 5 – Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spb.kp.ru/online/news/1054534/ |title=В Петербурге умер самый большой человек России баскетболист Александр Сизоненко // KP.RU |date=5 January 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315095115/http://spb.kp.ru/online/news/1054534/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 8 – Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cogita.ru/news/hronika/umer-dmitrii-alekseevich-machinskii |title=Умер Дмитрий Алексеевич Мачинский — Когита!ру |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204210731/http://cogita.ru/news/hronika/umer-dmitrii-alekseevich-machinskii |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 9 – Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.udf.by/news/sport/53396-umer-petr-vasilevskiy-futbolist-zolotogo-sostava-minskogo-dinamo.html |title=Умер Петр Василевский футболист "золотого состава" минского "Динамо" » UDF.BY {{!}} Новости Беларуси |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123141335/http://udf.by/news/sport/53396-umer-petr-vasilevskiy-futbolist-zolotogo-sostava-minskogo-dinamo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 14 – Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stav.kp.ru/online/news/1060487/ |title=В Северной Осетии умер знаменитый футболист "Ангушта" // KP.RU |date=16 January 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2016-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203020358/http://www.stav.kp.ru/online/news/1060487 |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 15 – Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.rambler.ru/12451431/ |title=Умер советский олимпийский чемпион по хоккею — Рамблер-Новости |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2016-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203020359/http://news.rambler.ru/12451431/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 16 – Valentin Rusantsov, 72, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=english&id=422 |title=Портал-Credo.Ru – Repose of Metropolitan Valentine, First Hiearch of ROAC |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223004157/http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=english&id=422 |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 25 – Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2012/01/25/zhitinsky/ |website=Lenta.ru |script-title=ru:О высоком: Умер писатель Александр Житинский |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127050451/http://www.lenta.ru/news/2012/01/25/zhitinsky/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * January 27 – Dzhamaleim Mutaliyev, 35, Russian rebel leader, shot.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=2013-05-22 |title=Moscow Says Top Islamist Militant Killed |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/1143987.html |access-date=2026-01-20 |language=en |via=European country of origin information system}}</ref>

=== February === {{Main|Deaths in February 2012}}

* February 6 – Vitaly Gorelik, 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-7529-russians-abandon-k2-winter-attempt-after-team-member-dies.html |title=Russians Abandon K2 Winter Attempt After Team Member Dies |date=6 February 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312000219/http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-7529-russians-abandon-k2-winter-attempt-after-team-member-dies.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * February 11 – Sergey Kolosov, 90, Russian film director, People's Artist of the USSR.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=230555 |title=На 91-м году жизни скончался режиссер Сергей Колосов – Новости – Интерфакс |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211151106/http://interfax.ru/news.asp?id=230555 |url-status=live }}</ref> * February 17 – Tatyana Golikova, 66, Russian ballerina (''Bolshoi Ballet'').<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/1876607 |title=Ъ-Online – В Москве скончалась выдающаяся балерина Татьяна Голикова |date=17 February 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217222505/http://kommersant.ru/doc/1876607 |url-status=live }}</ref> * February 20 – ** Asar Eppel, 77, Russian translator, stroke.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1877579 |title=Ъ-Газета – Человек своего слова |date=21 February 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226035318/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1877579 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** Vitaly Vorotnikov, 86, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1988–1990).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/news/vitali-vorotnikov-former-soviet-ambassador-to-cuba-dies-20120221/ |title=Vitali Vorotnikov, Former Soviet Ambassador to Cuba, Dies |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2020-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128102239/http://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/news/vitali-vorotnikov-former-soviet-ambassador-to-cuba-dies-20120221/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * February 22 – Lyudmila Kasatkina, 86, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/1878861 |title=Ъ-Online – Умерла Людмила Касаткина |date=22 February 2012 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226040741/http://kommersant.ru/doc/1878861 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== March === {{Main|Deaths in March 2012}}

* March 21 – Marina Salye, Russian geologist and politician.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2012 |title=Умерла разоблачительница Путина Марина Салье |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2012/03/21/salje |website=Lenta.ru}}</ref> * March 27 – Anatoly Kikin, Soviet and Russian footballer and coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Кикин Анатолий Михайлович |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/29265-kikinanatoliymihaylovich |website=footballfacts.ru}}</ref> * March 27 – Alim Zankishiev, Russian insurgent, leader in the Caucasus Emirate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kabardino-Balkaria Insurgency Commander Killed |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kabardino-balkaria_insurgency_commander_killed/24531617.html |website=RadioFreeEuropeRadioLibrary}}</ref> * March 28 – Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ria.ru/culture/20120328/608440233.html|title=В Париже скончался русский художник Эдуард Штейнберг (Russian)|newspaper=РИА Новости|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref> * March 28 – Sergey Solnechnikov, Russian military officer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Майор Сергей Солнечников. Биография |url=http://www.1tvnet.ru/content/show/maior-sergei-solnechnikov-biografiya_10386.html |website=1tvnet.ru}}</ref> * March 30 – Viktor Kosichkin, Russian Olympic speed skating gold and silver medalist.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} * March 30 – Leonid Shebarshin, Russian KGB interim Chairman.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Soviet ex-KGB chief Leonid Shebarshin 'kills himself' |publisher=BBC News |date=30 March 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17565104 }}</ref>

=== June === {{Main|Deaths in June 2012}}

* June 4 – Eduard Khil, 77, Russian baritone singer.<ref>{{Citation|title=В Санкт-Петербурге скончался Эдуард Хиль|url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=812163&tid=97914|access-date=2016-12-19}} (Russian)</ref>

== See also == * List of Russian films of 2012

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