More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Follow Newsweek's live blog for ...

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

The New Year has been the most important family holiday in Russia since the Soviet era, when authorities promoted it as a ...

When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as ...

Pro-government channels broadcast a rather astonishing video of Santa Claus flying over the skies of Moscow. The images show ...

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former Soviet Union.

As the clocks strike midnight, we Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with ...

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send nearly US$2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine as his ...

President Ilham Aliyev, an ally of president Vladimir Putin, has accused the Russian regime of trying to cover up a plane ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a carefully worded apology for the downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed on Christmas Day.

It comes after sources close to Azerbaijan’s investigation into the incident said fire from a Russian Pantsir-S air-defence ...

Shootdown of Azeri passenger plane reflects Russian jumpiness.