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

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration. The first Christmas trees in Russia appeared during a period that ...

For those who seemingly have everything, what might the leaders of the United States, Russia and China want for Christmas?

Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage on Christmas Day Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning. "Putin ...

Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day a ttack on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...