2008 Russian First Division was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams. 15 clubs placed 3–17 in 2007 Russian First Division,...

The 2009 Russian First Division was the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began...

August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed...

The Russian First League (Russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (Russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National...

2008 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Shinnik Yaroslavl and Terek Grozny, the winners and runners up of the 2007 Russian First Division....

in next Russian presidential election. Official results Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) BBC NEWS Viewpoints: Russian presidential...

Division (Russian: 76-я гвардейская десантно-штурмовая Черниговская Краснознаменная, ордена Суворова дивизия; MUN 07264) is a division of the Russian...

football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier...

Russian Second League (Russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly the Russian Professional Football League are both the third (Division A)...

were Russian troop movements. The downing of a Georgian drone by a Russian military jet on 20 April was followed by a unilateral decision by Russia to increase...

The All-Russian Hockey League B or VHL-B (Russian: Первенство Всероссийской хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-Б), Pervenstvo Vserossiyskoy hokkeynoy ligi) is an ice...

The 2008–10 European Nations Cup First Division was the 7th edition of the championship since it was reformed in 2000. The championship not only determined...

The 2008 Russian Second Division was the third strongest Division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The...

The 2007 Russian First Division was the 16th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams. Terek SKA Sibir Shinnik Nab. Chelny Ural Torpedo...

The Great Recession in Russia was a crisis during 2008–2009 in the Russian financial markets as well as an economic recession that was compounded by political...

The First Russian Antarctic Expedition took place in 1819–1821 under the direction of Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. The expedition aimed...

The Russian Superleague (Russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, Russian Championship Superleague), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of...

a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin...

2009 Russian First Division 2008–09 Russian Cup List of Russian football transfers summer 2009 Расписание чемпионата России по футболу 2009 (in Russian)....

The 2008 Russian military reform (Russian: 2008 Реформа Вооружённых сил России), often referred to as the Serdyukov reform (Russian: Реформа Сердюкова)...

Magomed Abdusalamov (Russian: Магомед Абдусаламов; born 25 March 1981) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2013. As an amateur...

The European Nations Cup (ENC) First Division is the sixth edition of the so-called Six Nations B, since its launch in 2000. The ENC is played over two...

Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the...

The 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „RONA” (russische Nr. 1), also known as the Russian Liberation People's Army (Russian: Русская освободительная...

of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russian neo-Nazis have achieved international attention for their militant support of Russian-backed separatist forces in...

also helped them win the Russian Premier League in 2005 and 2006, the Russian Cup in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009, and the Russian Super Cup in 2006, 2007...

Russia (3). Thirty-two countries participated in the most recent championship (2023) across three divisions: Top Division, Division I, and Division II...

also nicknamed "The Fighting First". The division has also received troop monikers of "The Big Dead One" and "The Bloody First" as puns on the respective...

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, and extends across eleven...

from divisions of the Soviet Airborne Forces that came under Russian control following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Troops of the Russian Airborne...