| Putin’s first term |
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| 1999 ■ | Fourth NATO enlargement (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland) | March 1999 | International events |
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| Second Chechen War | August 1999 – 2009 | Domestic events |
| 2000 ● ◆ | Kursk Disaster | August 2000 | Domestic events |
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| MediaSoyuz established (as an alternative to the Russian Union of Journalists) | December 2000 | Actions against the media |
| 2001 | Party system restructured | 2001 | Actions against the civil society |
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| Nationalization of NTV | April 2001 | Actions against the media |
| Abolishment of the Public Pardon Commission | December 2001 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2002 | Nord-Ost Hostage Crisis | October 2002 | Domestic events |
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| U.S. withdrawal from ABM Treaty | June 2002 | International events |
| 2003 ■ | Rose Revolution (Georgia) | November 2003 | International events |
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| Putin’s second term |
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| 2004 | Fifth NATO enlargement (Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) | March 2004 | International events |
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| Beslan School Siege | September 2004 | Domestic events |
| Orange Revolution (Ukraine) | November 2004 – January 2005 | International events |
| Abolishment of gubernatorial elections | December 2004 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2005 | Tulip Revolution (Kyrgyzstan) | March 2005 | International events |
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| Putin calls dissolution of the USSR the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century” | April 2005 | Actions against the civil society |
| Re-establishment of the Public Chamber | April 2005 | Actions against the civil society |
| World Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots established | 2005 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2006 | — |
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| 2007 | Putin’s Munich speech “against U.S. monopolistic dominance in the world” | February 2007 | Actions against the civil society |
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| Russkiy Mir established | 2007 | Actions against the civil society |
| “Medvedev’s” term |
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| 2008 ● | Bucharest NATO summit and NATO-Russia meeting: Putin opposed the NATO missile defenses system in Poland and the Czech Republic; Georgia and Ukraine’s NATO membership bids | April 2008 | International events |
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| War in Georgia | August 2008 | International events; Domestic events |
| Rossotrudnichestvo established | September 2008 | Actions against the civil society |
| Presidential and parliamentary terms extended | December 2008 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2009 ◆ | Sixth NATO enlargement (Albania, Croatia) | March 2009 | International events |
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| 2010 | Arab Spring | December 2010 – 2011 | International events |
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| 2011 ■ | Advent of the Bolotnaya protests | December 2011 – May 2012 | Domestic events |
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| Putin’s third term |
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| 2012 | Party registration procedure simplified | March 2012 | Medvedev’s ‘democratization’ |
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| Reestablishment of the regional gubernatorial elections (under presidential control) | May 2012 | Medvedev’s ‘democratization’ |
| Law imposing heavy fines on participants in ‘unsanctioned’ protests | June 2012 | Actions against the civil society |
| Internet Restriction Law | July 2012 | Actions against the civil society |
| “Foreign Agents” Law: labeling and/or blacklisting NGOs that receive foreign funding to conduct political activity | July 2012 | Actions against the civil society |
| Definition of ‘treason broadened’ | October 2012 | Actions against the civil society |
| Dima Yakovlev Law (sanctions against U.S. citizens and NGOs: banning foreign adoption of the Russian orphans) | December 2012 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2013 ● | Law banning ‘gay propaganda’ | June 2013 | Actions against the civil society |
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| Blasphemy law: prosecuting for “insulting religious feelings” | July 2013 | Actions against the civil society |
| Euromaidan Revolution (Ukraine) | November 2013 – February 2014 | International events |
| Law allowing to commit ‘socially dangerous’ individuals to psychiatric wards | November 2013 | Actions against the civil society |
| Lugovoi Law: blocking ‘extremist’ websites without a court ruling | December 2013 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2014 | Annexation of Crimea | February 2014 | International events; Domestic events |
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| Bloggers’ Law, requiring Russian bloggers with more than 3000 unique visitors per day to register with Roskomnadzor | May 2014 | Actions against the civil society |
| Law introducing criminal prosecution of participation in ‘unsanctioned’ protests | June 2014 | Actions against the civil society |
| Penal prohibition on publicly calling Crimea ‘annexed territory’ or ‘part of Ukraine’ (“anti-separatism”) | July 2014 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2015 ◆ | Law on “Undesirable Organizations” | May 2015 | Actions against the civil society |
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| Foreign media ownership restriction: no more than 20% | November 2015 | Actions against the media |
| 2016 ■ ● | Yarovaya Package: Russia’s ‘Big Brother’ Laws | July 2016 | International events |
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| 2017 | Introduction of the Strategy of Information Society Development until 2030 | May 2017 | Actions against the civil society |
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| Seventh NATO enlargement (Montenegro) | June 2017 | International events |
| Laws banning virtual private networks VPN and controlling messaging apps | July 2017 | Actions against the civil society |
| 2018 | Organizers of protests that include minors are now liable to administrative penalties | December 2018 | Actions against the civil society |
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