2004 in Russia

2004 in Russia

Events from the year 2004 in Russia.

Events

* 14 March - Vladimir Putin wins the presidential election and secures his second term as president.
* 9 May - Assassination of the Pro-Russian Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov in Grozny.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=656–660]
* 13 August29 August - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and wins 27 gold, 27 silver and 38 bronze medals.
* 29 August - Alu Alkhanov succeeds Kadyrov as President of Chechnya following elections.
* 1 September - Beslan school hostage crisis: Chechen separatists take over 1,000 hostages at a school in North Ossetia-Alania.
* 3 September - Beslan school hostage crisis: Russian troops storm the school. Over 330 people, including 186 children, are killed during the siege. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4207112.stm|title="Putin meets angry Beslan mothers", BBC News|accessdate=2008-04-19]

Deaths

* 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)

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