According to a government decree, the New Year holidays in 2025–2026 will last 12 days — from Wednesday, December 31, 2025, to Sunday, January 11, 2026 TASS-FACTBOX. On December 31, 2025, Russia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Deputy Minister of Defence and Chair of Defenders of the Fatherland ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flames and smoke rise from a fire following what Russian-installed authorities described as an overnight Ukrainian drone strike on ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his New Year’s address to deliver a blunt message to the West and to his own troops: Russia is not backing down in Ukraine. As 2026 arrived in Russia’s far ...

MOSCOW, FACTBOX. /TASS/. On December 13, 2025, Ryazan launched the festive marathon titled Ryazan - New Year’s Capital of Russia 2026, becoming the first city to hold the title for a second time. The ...

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of targeting civilians over the New Year, with Moscow reporting a deadly strike on a hotel in territory it occupies in southern Ukraine while Kyiv said there had ...