Russian President Vladimir Putin extended Christmas greetings to Orthodox Christians, emphasizing the importance of family traditions and the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in uniting people. On ...

Some 200,000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas.

Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin says his struggling team needs to start playing harder if it wants to return to the ...

Many think it's an American song about Christmas, not," he says ... as Ukraine struggled to free itself from the Russian Empire and the Bolsheviks. In this 1922 recording, the Ukrainian National ...

While the world celebrates peace and joy, Ukraine endured another devastating attack this Christmas Day. Russia launched over 70 missiles and 100 drones, targeting critical energy infrastructure ...

Christmas morning I was up at 5am ... Staying at the church was a local choir who Mr Masters recorded singing songs over dinner as the Russian attack continued outside. Mr Masters said he hoped ...

Her performance began with a nod to the Christmas season ... award in her native Russia. Surprisingly, despite being trained and educated in Europe at the Balakirev Music College and Brussels ...

It’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries – the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” -- that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war.

Music makes the perfect backdrop ... offering a perfect Christmas soundtrack that honors the original Russian melodies while giving them a distinctly American jazz twist. Tchaikovsky’s melodies ...

Pokrovsk is Russia's next target ... It reminded me of winter and Christmas," she says. "Now it's more of a sad song to me because it reminds me of home, and I really want to go back." ...