“This bright, much-awaited holiday is dear to millions of people all over the world. It gives believers joy and hope and inspires good thoughts, deeds and actions. During the Christmas season we ...

The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of civilised ...

Billions of dollars of investment may be needed to rebuild Ukraine's power systems, brought to the brink of total decimation ...

Amid a long-term demographic crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared 2024 the Year of the Family. Laws drafted or ...

as Russian Orthodox adherents still do. "For the second time, we celebrate Christmas on the same date as one big family, one country," Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram on Tuesday. "For the second time in ...

Russia hits energy sector again, leaving many without power Biden denounces assault, says pressing forward with aid surge Hundreds of thousands without heating on Christmas Day 'What could be more ...

It traditionally followed the Julian calendar, like Russia, where Christmas falls on 7 January ... traditional Ukrainian food and drink with family and friends after it is safe to leave the ...