Events from the year 2007 in Russia .
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January 1: The Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs merged with Krasnoyarsk Krai , ending their status as federal subjects.
January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.
February 2: Orange Snow fell in Siberia , most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan .
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: It is reported in Forbes magazine, an American publication, that Russia now has 60 billionaires, mostly living in Moscow , which is believed to have more millionaires than any other city in the world. 15 years ago, Russia did not even have any millionaires.[1]
April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya , killing all 20 federal troops aboard.
July 1: The Koryak Autonomous Okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast , creating Kamchatka Krai .
July 4: The International Olympic Committee awards the 2014 Winter Olympics to, Sochi , Russia .
July 10 – August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole .
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 .
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