2005 in Russia

Incumbents

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister: Mikhail Fradkov

  Events

• 15 January - January 2005 Dagestan Raids
• 25 May - 2005 Moscow power blackouts
• 4 June - Borozdinovskaya operation
• 1 July - Makhachkala Rus bombing
• 13–14 October - 2005 Nalchik raid
• 1 December - Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug merged with Perm Oblast to form Perm Krai.

  Notable deaths

• March 8 - Aslan Maskhadov
• October 13 - Ilyas Gorchkhanov