Events in the year 2018 in Russia. President: Vladimir Putin Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev 15 January - Two men aged 16, attacked students and a teacher...

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was eligible to run. He declared his intent to do so on...

organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010. It was the eleventh...

The 2018 Russia–United States summit (also known as the Helsinki 2018 or the Trump–Putin summit) was a summit meeting between United States President...

international incident that occurred on 25 November 2018 in the Kerch Strait, during which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard fired upon...

Religion in Russia (2024 estimate) Russian Orthodoxy (61.8%) Other Christian (2.6%) No religion (21.2%) Islam (9.5%) Other religions (1.4%) Undeclared...

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...

Muftis of Russia, sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin, estimated the Muslim population of Russia at 25 million in 2018. Recognized under the law and by Russian political...

"In Soviet Russia", also called the Russian reversal, is a joke template taking the general form "In America you do X to/with Y; in Soviet Russia Y does...

Miss Russia 2018 the 26th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, held in concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 14 April 2018. Fifty contestants...

Athletes from Russia (OAR) was the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) designation of select Russian athletes permitted to participate in the 2018 Winter...

Prostitution is illegal in Russia. The punishment for engagement in prostitution is a fine from 1500 up to 2000 rubles. Moreover, organizing prostitution...

health concern in Russia, especially for men of working age. Excessive alcohol use has caused many early deaths. Alcoholism in Russia, according to some...

The most popular sport in Russia is Association football, referred to as "soccer" in the USA. According to Yandex search analysis results rating of the...

prevailing framework of federal laws. Russia's expenditure on education has grown from 2.7% of the GDP in 2005 to 4.7% in 2018 but remains below the OECD average...

In Russia, beer (Russian: пиво pivo) is tied with vodka as the most popular alcoholic drink in the country. The average Russian person drank about 11...

Christianity in Russia is the most widely professed religion in the country. The largest tradition is the Russian Orthodox Church. According to official...

Television is the most popular medium in Russia, with 74% of the population watching national television channels routinely and 59% routinely watching...

Hinduism has been spread in Russia primarily due to the work of scholars from the religious organization International Society for Krishna Consciousness...

Terrorism in Russia has a long history starting from the time of the Russian Empire. Terrorism, in the modern sense, means violence against civilians to...

Healthcare in Russia, or the Russian Federation, is provided by the state through the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, and regulated through...

Telecommunications in Russia is highly developed and have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern fibre broadband and high-speed 4G networks...

Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 51 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the...

Women in Russia have a rich and varied history during numerous regimes throughout the centuries. Since Russian society is multicultural, the experiences...

school shooting in Russia or Ukraine since the 2004 Beslan school siege. Vladislav Roslyakov purchased a shotgun on 8 September 2018 and bought 150 rounds...

mayors in Russia are held in a small number of cities. In 2018, 12% of all cities and municipalities elected their mayors, as opposed to 65% in 2006; i...

criminality at play in Russia. Violent crime in Siberia is much more apparent than in Western Russia. In 2020, the murder rate in Russia was 4.7 per 100,000...

Corruption in Russia is considered a very serious problem, impacting various aspects of life, including the economy, business, politics,[citation needed]...

The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Russia face severe legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents...