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Events from the year 2007 in Russia.
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Arts
- March 1 – 5: The 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held, with the Grand Prix award given to My Love.
- May 10 – 12: Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Finland, "Song Number 1", comes in third.
Politics
- Summer: The Dissenters March, which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer.
- September 7: Russian personnel are ambushed in the Vedeno region of Chechnya.
- November 15: The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues.
- November 24: Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, erupted in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
- December 2: A Chechen constitutional referendum was held in Chechnya.
- December 2: The Legislative elections for seats in the State Duma resulted in a majority win by United Russia.
Sports
- January 27 – February 4: The Bandy World Championships, the sport competition for Bandy, began in Kemerovo.
- April 21 – September 23: The Russian Championship XVII, a tournament for semi-professional rugby league clubs, began.
- April 27 – May 13: The 71st IIHF World Championship sponsored by International Ice Hockey Federation was held in Moscow.
- August 19 – August 26: The Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Kirishi.
- September 28 – October 7: The World Fencing Championships were held in Saint Petersburg.
- November 21: The Russian football season ends, with the national football team winning 5 out of 10 games.
- November 22-25: The Cup of Russia, an international figure skating competition, began in Moscow.
Technology
- January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.
- March 17: UTair Flight 471 ends with a hard landing, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others.
- March 19: The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion Kemerovo Oblast, kills at least 108 people.
- April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya, killing all 20 federal troops aboard.
- July 10 – August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole.
Other
- February 2: Orange Snow fell in Sibera, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan.
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