2008 in Russia

2008 Russian invasion of Georgia

solar eclipse

chess tournament in Nalchik, Russia

series of Russian opposition protests

45,000-year-old remains of one of the early modern humans to inhabit western Siberia

first Nagorno-Karabakh War

overview of Russia-related events during the year of 2008

Ekspress-AM33 (, meaning Express-AM33) is a Russian domestic communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access, presidential and governmental mobile communications) and to deploy satellite networks by applying Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) technology to Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and the Middle East.

Russian military parade

overview of the impact of the Great Recession in Russia