1998 in Russia
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- President: Boris Yeltsin
- Prime Minister:
- until 23 March: Viktor Chernomyrdin
- 23 March-24 April: vacant
- 24 April-23 August: Yevgeny Primakov
- 23 August-11 September: vacant
- starting 11 September: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov
- Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev
Events
March
- 18 March - Kidnapping of Mormon missionaries in Saratov
August
- 17 August - 1998 Russian financial crisis[1]
October
Births
- 29 January - Mikhail Lysov, professional football player
- 2 February - Anton Antonov, football player
- 17 February - Morgenshtern, rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter
- 5 March - Vladislav Artemiev, chess player
- 12 March - Mikhail Maltsev, professional ice hockey forward
- 26 March - Georgi Makhatadze, football player
- 10 April - Anna Pogorilaya, figure skater
- 11 April - Vera Biryukova, group rhythmic gymnast
- 2 May - Vasilisa Davankova, ice dancer and pair skater
- 26 May - Aleksandra Semenova, rhythmic gymnast
- 1 June - Aleksandra Soldatova, rhythmic gymnast
- 5 June
- Maxim Burov, freestyle skier
- Yulia Lipnitskaya, figure skater
- 8 July - Daria Spiridonova, artistic gymnast
- 13 July - Ilya Konovalov, ice hockey goaltender
- 13 August
- Dina Averina, rhythmic gymnast
- Arina Averina, rhythmic gymnast
- 29 August - Daria Ustinova, backstroke swimmer
- 7 September - Ivan Ivanchenko, football player
- 29 October
- Maria Kharenkova, artistic gymnast
- Lada Akimova, model and Miss Earth 2017 – Fire
- 31 December - Alina Sanko, model and Miss Russia 2019
