Explore 77 historical events and records for Russia in 2000.
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Putin signs the resolution of ratification for START II and its extension protocol, the legislation makes exchange of the instruments of ratification (required to bring the Treaty into force) contingent on US ratification of the 1997 extension protocol
Putin is inaugurated, he names Mikhail Kasyanof as Prime Minister and pledges to restore the country to world-power status
Appointed President of Russia
Putin is inaugurated, he names Mikhail Kasyanof as Prime Minister and pledges to restore the country to world-power status
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia
Putin abolishes the chief agency for environmental protection and transferred its powers to a ministry that hands out oil and gas leases
Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax
Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax
Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax
Putin signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, it will not be effective until the US and other nations also approve
Putin signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, it will not be effective until the US and other nations also approve
Putin wins the election
Putin declares direct rule over Chechnya from Moscow. former Chechen cleric Akhmad Kadyrov is appointed as administrative head
Putin declares direct rule over Chechnya from Moscow. former Chechen cleric Akhmad Kadyrov is appointed as administrative head
Clinton meets Putin in Moscow and begins discussions on trade, missile defense and nuclear arms control
Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches
Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches
Putin takes personal control over Chechnya, a provisional Government is planned headed by a Kremlin-appointed official
Putin takes personal control over Chechnya, a provisional Government is planned headed by a Kremlin-appointed official
Leaves Mir with Sergei Zalyotin aboard Soyuz TM-30, ending the final crewed expedition to the station.
Putin proposes a Moscow-based early warning centre for nuclear missile launches around the world
Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the countrys ills
Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the countrys ills
Jiang Zemin and Putin denounce the US proposed missile defense program as a violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty, they also vow to strengthen a strategic partnership between their countries
The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council
The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council
A nuclear submarine sinks in the Barents Sea with a loss of all its crew
Kursk was lost during a Northern Fleet exercise after explosions in the forward torpedo compartment; all 118 people aboard died.
Shares the Nobel Prize for developing semiconductor heterostructures.
The achievement marks semiconductor heterostructures as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Putin sanctions the change of the National Anthem of Russia to restore the music of the pre-1991 Soviet anthem, but with new words
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed and optoelectronic devices.
Mostovoi establishes himself as one of Celta Vigo's most influential attacking midfielders, driving play during the Spanish club's strong turn-of-the-century campaigns.
Putin divides Russias 89 regions into 7 federal districts headed by a Kremlin representative
Leads collaborative experiments that produce atoms of element 116, later named livermorium, through fusion of heavy nuclei.
Publishes a memoir of his second presidential term, political struggles and decision to resign.
Lives largely outside day-to-day politics after leaving the presidency while occasionally commenting on public affairs.
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