New Year & Christmas

As a rule, Putin celebrates Christmas outside Moscow, while on Easter he usually goes to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

On January 7, Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the Old Believers

The Kremlin official noted that additional details will be provided later

A total of 41,300 law enforcement officers were involved in ensuring law and order, along with members of the National Guard and public organizations, as well as representatives of private security companies

Russia has celebrated New Year and Christmas with decorated fir trees since Peter the Great’s reign

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration

There are approximately 9,073,878 children aged 5-9 in Russia who may still believe in Father Frost, researcher at the Institute of Computer Sciences and Telecommunications at RUDN University Artur Davtyan said

The main New Year’s tree celebration takes place in the State Kremlin Palace

The survey results show that more than half of Russians follow the tradition of making a wish as the New Year’s chimes strike

The list did not include the leaders of the UK, Germany, the US, France, Japan, and other large states unfriendly to Russia