2003 in Russia

2003
in
Russia

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 2003 in Russia.

Incumbents

Events

March

  • 23 March - A referendum in the break-away republic of Chechnya approves a new constitution.

April

May

July

October

  • 25 October - Arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chairman of the YUKOS oil company, on charges of fraud.
  • 27 October–30 October - The stock market falls by 16.5% as the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky is seen as politically motivated leading to a loss in business confidence.

December

  • 7 December - President Putin's United Russia party wins the largest number of seats in the legislative election.
  • 31 December - the end of the birth of the Russian Millennium generation

Notable births

Notable deaths

January

April

May

July

September

  • 23 September - Yuri Senkevich, TV anchorman (born 1937)[citation needed]

See also


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