Putin pointed out that the Orthodox Christmas in Russia is celebrated as widely as the New Year. "Perhaps, it [Christmas] is more of a family-like holiday if compared to the New Year," he said.

The party, with tickets priced at a hefty million rubles ($10,770), quickly became the talk of the town as footage spread across social media and tabloids, inclusive the independent Russian news ...

Local authorities in the Siberian city of Chita have put up giant ice sculptures of Russian soldiers as Christmas decorations A dozen Russian soldiers armed with Kalashnikovs stand motionless on ...

Ukrainian officials have claimed its armed forces destroyed two Russian fighter-bombers on Christmas Eve. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Christmas Day update that its ...

MOSCOW, January 5. /TASS/. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has called for a Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine and Donbass. "I, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, call on all parties ...

A Ukrainian Orthodox church said its churches can officially celebrate Christmas on December 25, another step increasing alignment with the West at the expense of Russia. The Orthodox Church of ...

Many Ukrainians - like these people in Kyiv's underground - celebrated last Christmas in shelters amid continuing Russian attacks Ukraine has moved its official Christmas Day state holiday from 7 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. For the first time in over a century, Ukrainians celebrated Christmas on December 25. The move marks an ongoing shift for the country in an attempt to break away ...

Christmas has been canceled a fair number of times throughout history.

Nations across Europe have cracked down on Christmas lights this winter to save energy as Russia restricts gas flows to the continent. It's one of the ways that countries including Germany ...

Russian forces were fighting street-to-street battles with Ukrainian troops in the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove, as Moscow's forces pushed to gain control over the whole of ...

Russia attacks Kharkiv Several people have been injured overnight after Russia launched multiwave air attacks on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region. Ukrainian military officials said two people ...