← 1999 1998 1997 2000 in Russia → 2001 2002 2003
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Russia.

Incumbents

• President: Vladimir Putin (from May 7, acting President until May 7)
• Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin (until May 7), Mikhail Kasyanov (from May 7)

Events

February

• February 4 - Second Chechen War: Bombing of Katyr-Yurt.
• February 5 - Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre.
• February 6 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny, Chechen capital Grozny falls to Russian troops.^[1]
• February 29–March 1 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.

March

• March - Second Chechen War: Komsomolskoye massacre.
• March 1 - Second Chechen War: Grozny OMON fratricide incident.
• March 4–March 25 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Komsomolskoye.
• March 26 - Presidential elections: Vladimir Putin is elected president.^[2]
• March 29 - Second Chechen War: Zhani-Vedeno ambush.

May

• May 24 - The Russian Government threatens to bomb the Taliban in Afghanistan due to their support for Chechen rebels.^[1]

July

• July 2–July 3 - Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.^[1]

August

• August 12 - The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.^[1]
• August 14 - Tsar Nicholas II and several members of his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• August 28 - Moscow's Ostankino Tower set ablaze by fire caused by a short circuit.^[3]

September

• September 15–October 1 - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.

December

• December 25 - Russia changes their national anthem back to the old Soviet Union anthem, with newer lyrics.

Notable births

• January 1 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (d. 2020)^[4]
• January 26 - Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer
• February 9 - Serafima Sakhanovich, figure skater
• April 12 - Maria Sotskova, figure skater
• November 8 - Anastasia Skoptsova, ice dancer

Notable deaths

• January 6 - Alexey Vyzmanavin, Chess grandmaster (born 1960)^[5]
• January 7 – Makhmud Esambayev, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (born 1924)
• February 20 - Anatoly Sobchak, politician (born 1937)
• February 29 - Nikita Moiseyev, mathematician (born 1917)
• March 9 - Artyom Borovik, journalist and media magnate (born 1960)
• March - William Pokhlyobkin, writer (born 1923)
• April 19 - Sergey Pavlovich Zalygin, writer (born 1913)
• May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (born 1933)
• May 24 - Oleg Yefremov, actor (born 1927)
• June 2 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, ophthalmologist and politician (born 1927)
• July 24 - Anatoli Firsov, ice hockey player (born 1941)
• August 1 - Galina Sergeyeva, actress (born 1914)
• November 20 - Nikolay Dollezhal, engineer (born 1899)
• Date unknown
  • David Klyshko, physicist (born 1929)
  • Jurij A. Treguboff, Soviet author (born 1913)