stabilize the Russian economy. Despite rate hike, the ruble falls to PP 65+ per US dollar and PP 80+ per Euro. 18 December – The European Union imposes sanctions on Russian-annexed Crimea by banning investments and tourism in the region and halting oil explorations. 19 December – US President Barack Obama imposes additional sanctions on Russian-controlled Crimea by an executive order forbidding exports of US goods and services to the region. Deaths January 4 January – Sergey Kozlov, 53, Russian football player and coach. 9 January – Yuri Golov 15 January – Gennadi Matveyev 23 January – Yuri Izrael 24 January – Igor Badamshin 31 January – Alexander Ivashkin February 1 February – Vasily Ivanovich Petrov 13 February – Georgy Martyniuk 18 February – Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka 19 February – Valeri Kubasov 27 February – Chuner Taksami April 20 April – Benedikt Sarnov, author and critic August 2 August – Olga Voronets 5 August – Dmitri Anosov 5 August – Yakov Yakovlevich Etinger 5 August – Vladimir Orlov 6 August – Andrey Stenin 11 August – Nadezhda Andreyeva 20 August – Anton Buslov 20 August – Boris Dubin September 13 September – Dmitry Sakunenko 14 September – Boris Khimichev 15 September – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia 18 September – Oleg Ivanovsky 21 September – Sergey Klyashtorny 21 September – Galina Konovalova 22 September – Alexey Chervonenkis 23 September – Anatoly Eiramdzhan See also List of Russian films of 2014 Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War References Years of the 21st century in Russia 2010s in Russia Russia Russia Russia