1993   Ten days of armed resistance to Boris Yeltsin on the streets of Moscow comes to an end when Russian troops put down the uprising. Death toll estimates range from 187 to 2,000.

1995   Popular Russian journalist Vladislav Listyev is shot and killed in his Moscow apartment building.

2000   The Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia catches fire killing three people

2004   The concrete roof of the Transvaal water park in Moscow, Russia collapses, killing 28 and injuring more than 100. The cause is determined to be a faulty design.