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2008 in Russia
- 2008 amendments to the Constitution of RussiaDmitry Medvedev stood before the Federal Assembly on the 5th of November 2008 to deliver his first annual address. He proposed a change that would extend…
- Ust'-Ishim manA sculptor named Nikolai Peristov stood on the bank of the Irtysh River in 2008. He spotted a bone protruding from the earth near Ust-Ishimsky District.
- 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisisOn the 14th of February 2008, President of Russia Vladimir Putin declared that Moscow had prepared homework in case of Kosovo's declaration of independence.
- Russo-Georgian WarOn the 1st of August 2008, an improvised explosive device detonated on a road near Tskhinvali. Five Georgian police officers were wounded in the blast that…