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2008 In Russia
Events from the year 2008 in the country of Russia. Incumbents *President: Vladimir Putin (until 8 May), Dmitry Medvedev (from 8 May) *Prime Minister: Viktor Zubkov (until 8 May), Vladimir Putin (from 8 May) *Minister of Defence: Anatoliy Serdyukov Events * March 2: 2008 Russian presidential election is occurred, Dmitry Medvedev won the election. * May 7: Dmitry Medvedev becomes President of Russia. * May 24: Dima Bilan wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia * August 7–16: Russia–Georgia war * August 8–11: Battle of Tskhinvali * August 9–12: Battle of the Kodori Valley * August 9/10: Battle off the coast of Abkhazia * August 9–19: Occupation of Poti * August 13–22: Occupation of Gori * February – The Russian group Voina staged the Fuck for the heir Puppy Bear! performance at the Timiryazev State Biological Museum in Moscow to protest at the election of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election. Births Deaths January * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake kills over 87,000; a destroyed Georgian T-72 tank during the Russo-Georgian War; the Trident Hotel in Mumbai was the site of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks;a line of detritus in a backyard made during the December, 2008 resulting from the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill ; Poster in Pristina celebrating the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Independence of Kosovo from Serbia., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Subprime mortgage crisis rect 200 0 400 200 Cyclone Nargis rect 400 0 600 200 2008 Summer Olympics rect 0 200 300 400 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence rect 300 200 600 400 2008 Sichuan earthquake rect 0 400 200 600 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill rect 200 400 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupation Of Gori
The Occupation of Gori was the military occupation of Gori and its surrounding areas by Russian military forces, which started on 13 August 2008 as part of the Russo-Georgian War; it ended with the withdrawal of Russian units from the city on 22 August 2008. Background and initial airstrikes Gori is a strategic city in central Georgia, about from Tskhinvali. Gori is a major military installation and transportation hub in Georgia. 75 tanks and armored personnel carriers (a third of the Georgian military's arsenal) were assembled near Gori on 7 August. Around 6:27 AM on 9 August 2008, Reuters reported that two Russian fighters had bombed a Georgian artillery position about 10 km north of Gori. On 9 August, a Russian air attack targeted military barracks in Gori. In the resulting explosion, besides the base, several apartment buildings and a school were also damaged. The Georgian government reported that 60 civilians were killed when bombs hit the apartment buildings. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Russia
Events from the year 2008 in the country of Russia. Incumbents *President: Vladimir Putin (until 8 May), Dmitry Medvedev (from 8 May) *Prime Minister: Viktor Zubkov (until 8 May), Vladimir Putin (from 8 May) *Minister of Defence: Anatoliy Serdyukov Events * March 2: 2008 Russian presidential election is occurred, Dmitry Medvedev won the election. * May 7: Dmitry Medvedev becomes President of Russia. * May 24: Dima Bilan wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia * August 7–16: Russia–Georgia war * August 8–11: Battle of Tskhinvali * August 9–12: Battle of the Kodori Valley * August 9/10: Battle off the coast of Abkhazia * August 9–19: Occupation of Poti * August 13–22: Occupation of Gori * February – The Russian group Voina staged the Fuck for the heir Puppy Bear! performance at the Timiryazev State Biological Museum in Moscow to protest at the election of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election. Births Deaths January * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Russian Films Of 2008 ...
A list of films produced in Russia in 2008 (see 2008 in film). 2008 See also * 2008 in Russia References External links Russian films of 2008at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Russian Films Of 2008 2008 Russia Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sputnik (news Agency)
Sputnik (; formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti, naming derived from Russian ) is a Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service. It was established by the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya on 10 November 2014. With headquarters in Moscow, Sputnik claims to have regional editorial offices in Washington, D.C., Cairo, Beijing, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. Sputnik describes itself as being focused on global politics and economics and aims for an international audience. Sputnik is frequently described by academics and journalists as a Russian propaganda outlet. In 2016, Neil MacFarquhar of ''The New York Times'' wrote: "The fundamental purpose of ''dezinformatsiya'', or Russian disinformation, experts said, is to undermine the official version of events—even the very idea that there is a true version of events—and foster a kind of policy paralysis." The Russian government rejects the validity of such assertio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Duma
The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house is the Federation Council. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved in a nationwide referendum. In the 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 elections period, and 4 years in 1999–2007 elections period; since the 2011 elections the term length is 5 years. History Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslan Yamadayev
Ruslan (Khalid or Halid) Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (russian: Руслан (Халид) Бекмирзаевич Ямадаев) (10 December 1961 – 24 September 2008) was a Chechen military leader and politician. A member of the high-profile Yamadayev family, he was assassinated in Moscow in 2008. Yamadayev was one of Kremlin's most loyal allies. Biography Ruslan Yamadayev belonged to the Gudermes-based Chechen Benoi teip. Along with his brothers Sulim Yamadayev and Dzhabrail Yamadayev, he fought against the Russian forces during the First Chechen War before turning to Russia's side in 1999. For his struggle against the separatists in the Second Chechen War, Yamadayev was promoted to the rank of colonel and granted the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. From 2003 to 2007, he was a deputy to the State Duma from Chechnya. In 2004, he was nominated for the Chechen presidency. He and his brothers ran several businesses, including a car market, a construction company, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Vetchinov
Denis Vasiliyevich Vetchinov (russian: Денис Васильевич Ветчинов; 28 June 1976 – 9 August 2008) was a Russian Ground Forces major killed in action during the 2008 South Ossetia war and posthumously awarded Russia's highest military award, Hero of the Russian Federation, for his role in the conflict. In film ''August Eighth'' Vetchinov became a prototype of captain Ilya played by Khasan Baroyev. Biography Born 23 June 1976 in Stepnogorsk (now Kazakhstan), he graduated from the Omsk Officers' Academy in 1999. He participated in the Second Chechen War. Death On 9 August 2008, the second day of Russian involvement in the Battle of Tskhinvali, a column of Russian vehicles with a few journalists and 58th Army commander Anatoly Khrulyov onboard was ambushed by Georgian special forces in the outskirts of Tskhinvali. Khrulyov was wounded in the ensuing firefight. Allegedly Vetchinov, armed with a trophy Georgian machine gun, organised defence but was wounded in bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events. In women's figure skating, Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal. The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States, not least of which because of ABC's extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy, who became overnight sensations among teenage girls. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time the IOC permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ordered drug and gender testing of competitors. Norway won the most gold and overall medals, the first time since 1952 Winter Olympics that the Soviet Union did not top the medal table by both parameters. Host city selection O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Puzanov
Nikolay Vasilyevich Puzanov (russian: Николай Васильевич Пузанов; 7 April 1938 – 3 January 2008) was a Soviet biathlete. He was a 4 × 7.5 km relay gold medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of t .... Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 gold)'' World Championships ''4 medals (1 gold, 3 silver)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.'' References External links * 1938 births 2008 deaths Soviet male biathletes Biathletes at the 1964 Winter Olympics Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NEWSru
NEWSru.com was a Russian online news site, based in Moscow, which had a government-critical orientation. History NEWSru.com was originally launched in 2000 at the address ntv.ru. When the government took over the NTV network in 2000, with the network becoming part of OAO Gazprom Media, the site remained part of the media empire of former NTV owner, oligarch Vladimir Gusinsky. Yelena Bereznitskaya-Bruni replaced the initial Editor in Chief Igor Barchugov in 2001. In October 2002 the news site moved to another domain name, NEWSru.com and the original domain ntv.ru was transferred to the broadcasting company by mutual agreement. On May 31, 2021, the site announced it would discontinue its news reporting "for economic reasons, but ones caused specifically by the political situation in our country", but that the "entire archive accumulated over 21 years of work" would remain available. The Israeli branch ''newsru.co.il'' remains in operation. As of 2021, most of the former Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Abdulov
Aleksandr Gavrilovich AbdulovАбдулов Г. Д. Ферганский государственный областной русский драматический театр, ferrusdramteatr.uz (''n:'' Алекса́ндр Гаври́лович Абду́лов; 29 May 1953 – 3 January 2008) was a and n film and stage actor, film director, screenwriter and television presenter. |
