February 20 – Russian authorities suspend the entry of Chinese citizens to Russia for employment, private, educational and tourist purposes, due to fears of the COVID-19 Outbreak.[4]
March 28 – the government decided to close all automobile, railway, pedestrian, river, or other border checkpoints, including on the Belarus border, with exceptions similar to that of the air travel restrictions.[11]
April
April 10 – 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war: Russia and Saudi Arabia, when implementing the new OPEC+ agreement from May to the end of June 2020, will have to produce no more than 8.5 million barrels of oil per day.[12]
April 30 – Russia announced there are more than 100,000 people infected by the coronavirus;[13]Russian Prime MinisterMikhail Mishustin said that his tests for coronavirus showed positive results, his First Deputy Andrey Belousov was appointed as Acting Prime Minister.[14]
The 2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Due to Yes Vote, The amendments include sweeping changes to the constitution, including allowing Putin to run again for two more six-year presidential terms,[17] constitutionally banning same-sex marriage,[18] enshrine the status of the Russian language, placing the constitution above international law, the minimal residency requirement for presidential candidates will be raised from 10 years to 25; and may not have ever in their life held foreign citizenship or residency.
August 20 – A Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny felt unwell while being on a place from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, and Navalny was taken to the hospital, where he fell into a coma. He was transported to Germany shortly after.[19] The German government later announced that the politician was poisoned.[20]
September
September 13 – Local elections were held including the election of the heads of 17 Republics and the election of deputies of legislative bodies in 11 districts of the Russian Federation.[21] In regions where governors resigned after June 13, 2020, elections were held on a single voting day in 2021. A new governor was elected in Sevastopol, Leningrad Oblast.
December 18 – The press service of TNT TV channel announced the closure of the Russian longest-running reality show Dom-2.[26]
December 21 – Alexei Navalny's team published the politic's phone conversation with FSB officer Kudryavtsev. According to the recording, the officer admitted that Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. The Federal Security office called it a provocation.[27]
Deaths
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