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Events from the year 1999 in Russia.
Incumbents
- President: Boris Yeltsin (until 31 December), Vladimir Putin
- Prime Minister:
- until 12 May: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov
- 12 May-19 May: vacant
- 19 May-9 August: Sergei Stepashin
- 9 August-16 August: vacant
- starting 16 August: Vladimir Putin
- Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev
Events
March
- 19 March - 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing
June
- June - Exercise Zapad-99
September
- September - Russian apartment bombings
October
- 7 October - Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack
- 21 October - Grozny ballistic missile attack
- 29 October - Baku–Rostov highway bombing
December
- December - Alkhan-Yurt massacre
- 3 December - 1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting
- 19 December - Russian legislative election, 1999
Deaths
- 12 June - Sergey Khlebnikov, Olympic speed skater (b. 1955)
- 3 July - Igor Belsky, ballet dancer (b. 1925)
- 28 July - Georgy Rerberg, cinematographer (b. 1937)
- 7 October - Genrikh Sapgir, writer (b. 1928)
- 21 December - Sergey Nagovitsyn, singer (b. 1968)
References
External links
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