Events from the year 2006 in

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Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

: Mikhail Fradkov

Events

*January 2–5 - Gimry fighting *February 20 –

Sukhoi The JSC Sukhoi Company (russian: ПАО «Компания „Сухой“», ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (formerly Soviet), headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and mili ...

Tupolev Tupolev (russian: Ту́полев, ), officially Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau ( OKB-156, design off ...

, Ilyushin,

Yakovlev The Joint-stock company, JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau (russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head offi ...

, Irkut,

Mikoyan Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (russian: Российская самолётостроительная корпорация „МиГ“, Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya "MiG"), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, was a Russi ...

, six aircraft brand merged,

United Aircraft Corporation , former_name = OJSC United Aircraft Corporation (2006–2015) , type = Public, PJSC , traded_as = , industry = Aerospace, defense , predecessor = Ilyushin, Irkut, Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Tupolev, Yakovlev , founded = , founder = Vladimir P ...

has business start. *July 4 - 2006 Avtury ambush *September 11 - 2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash *September 13 - Ingush–Chechen fratricide incident *September 15 - Minister of Health

Mikhail Zurabov Mikhail Yuryevich Zurabov (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Зурабов, ) is a Russian politician. He was the ambassador of Russia to Ukraine

and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Health Protection

Nikolai Gerasimenko Nikolai Fyodorovich Gerasimenko (russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Герасиме́нко) is a Russian surgeon and politician. He was born on December 1, 1950, in Verkh-Suyetka, in the former Soviet Union to a family of municipal em ...

propose reinstating the Childless tax in

that it used to have until the 1990s, Due to declining birth rates. *December 2 -

The Tolmachevy Twins Anastasiya Andreyevna Tolmacheva and Maria Andreyevna Tolmacheva (born 14 January 1997, Kursk), known as the Tolmachevy Sisters (), are identical twin singers and actresses from Kursk, Russia. Aged nine, they won the Junior Eurovision Song Conte ...

won the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fourth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 2 December 2006, the contest was broadcast live from Bucharest, Romania making it the second time the co ...

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

Births

Daria Usacheva Daria Romanovna Usacheva (pronounced Usachyova; russian: Дарья Романовна Усачёва, born 22 May 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 Skate America silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2020 World J ...

Deaths

January

*January 31 - Boris Kostelanetz, 94, Russian-born American tax lawyer.

June

*June 2 - Vyacheslav Klykov, 66, Russian sculptor and nationalist politician. *June 17 - ** Mikhail Lapshin, 71, Russian politician, leader of the Agrarian Party and former president of the Altai Republic (2002–2006), cause unknown. ** Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, 40, fourth

President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria The president of Ichkeria, formally the president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was the head of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from 1991 to 2007, the Islamic Republic that existed until the victory of the Russian Federation in the Second ...

July

*July 7 - Dina Kaminskaya, 87, Russian lawyer who defended Soviet dissidents. *July 10 -

Shamil Basayev Shamil Salmanovich Basayev ( ce, Салман ВоӀ Шамиль ; russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a senior military commander in the Cheche ...

, 41, senior leader of the Chechen independence movement and Islamist militant..

References

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