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Murders and wars in the Putin era

What has happened in Russia or has been initiated by the Russian regime abroad since Vladimir Putin came to power when designated Prime Minister in August 1999?
Some of these incidents may not have been caused by the Russian government or its executive branches while others remain unsolved
Sources among others: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Amnesty International, Guardian, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Encyclopedia Britannica, BBC, International Federation of Journalists, Euronews, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, Wikipedia, BBC, Al Jazeera
This is not a concluding list
This quiz is in no way directed against the Russian people
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Last updated: September 8, 2023
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Answer
1999
Bombs explode in four of these structures in Russia, killing more than 300 people
Apartment blocks
1999-2009
Autonomous Republic in the Caucasus, theater of a Russian millitary operation, killing at least 7500 soldiers and 25'000 civilians
Chechnya
2002
What type of building is "Dubrovka" where terrorists take 850 people hostage? The attempt to free them results in the death of 130.
Theater
2004
Caucasian site of a school tragedy. More than 300 people die when special forces try to liberate 1100 people taken hostage by terrorists.
Beslan
2006
Former secret agent and defector fatally poisoned with Polonium in London (Alexander)
Litvinenko
2007
Investigative journalist assassinated in the elevator of her Moscow apartment block (Anna)
Politkovskaya
2008
Caucasian country invaded by Russia during a conflict between central government and a separatist Russian-backed region. Several hundred people are killed.
Georgia
2014
Peninsula invaded and later annexed by Russia
Crimea
2014
Conflict escalates between the central government of an Eastern European country and these two separatist "people's republics" backed by Russian military (name either)
Donetsk / Luhansk
Year
Hint
Answer
2015
Liberal Russian politician assassinated near the Kremlin (Boris)
Nemtsov
2015-
Russian troops intervene in the civil war of this Middle Eastern country on behalf of its dictator
Syria
2018
UK city where former Russian secret agent Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia are poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent. They survive but uninvolved Dawn Sturgess dies months later.
Salisbury
2019
European capital where Chechen-Georgian militant Zelimkhan Khangoshvili is assassinated in "Kleiner Tiergarten" by a Russian secret agent
Berlin
2019-
Russian mercenaries of the infamous Wagner group (which is said to be funded by a businessman with close links to Putin) intervene in the civil war of this country in North Africa
Libya
2020
Russian opposition leader poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent (Alexei)
Navalny
2022-
Eastern European country attacked by Russia on Feb 24
Ukraine
2023
Mercenary leader killed in a mysterious plane crash on Aug 23, weeks after he revolted against Putin (Yevgeny)
Prigozhin
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