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How St. Petersburg is decorated for the New Year 2026!
The main Christmas tree on Palace Square, a scarlet heart and illuminations on the Griboedov Canal and crowns on Nevsky Prospect.
📷 Alexander Demyanchuk, Valentin Yegorshin / TASS, Viktoria Viatris, Alexei Danichev / Sputnik
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The main Christmas tree on Palace Square, a scarlet heart and illuminations on the Griboedov Canal and crowns on Nevsky Prospect.
📷 Alexander Demyanchuk, Valentin Yegorshin / TASS, Viktoria Viatris, Alexei Danichev / Sputnik
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The Embassy of Russia in Bangladesh was deeply saddened to learn about the demise of Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Russia will remember her with gratitude for the cordial relations maintained with our country during her two tenures as the head of the Government. We extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends and fellow party members.
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🎄On December 29, in anticipation of the New Year, the Russian Embassy School organized a festive concert. The audience enjoyed beloved songs familiar to every Russian person since childhood as the students and their teachers staged a live-action musical based on the Soviet animated film "The Bremen Town Musicians."
Minister-Counselor Vyacheslav Sentyurin thanked the schoolchildren for their vibrant performance and wished the young actors, their teachers and parents, as well as compatriots who attended the concert, success and prosperity in the New Year.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, main characters of every Russian New Year celebration, greeted the children, while the students sang songs and recited poems. The event concluded with games, traditional circle dance around the Christmas tree, and the distribution of gifts.
Minister-Counselor Vyacheslav Sentyurin thanked the schoolchildren for their vibrant performance and wished the young actors, their teachers and parents, as well as compatriots who attended the concert, success and prosperity in the New Year.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, main characters of every Russian New Year celebration, greeted the children, while the students sang songs and recited poems. The event concluded with games, traditional circle dance around the Christmas tree, and the distribution of gifts.
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🎄 29 декабря в преддверии Нового года школа при Посольстве России в Бангладеш организовала праздничный концерт. Со сцены актового зала зазвучали с детства любимые всеми песни, ведь учащиеся и их учителя поставили настоящий мюзикл по мотивам советского мультфильма «Бременские музыканты».
Советник-посланник В.В.Сентюрин поблагодарил школьников за яркое выступление и пожелал юным актерам, их преподавателям и родителям, а также соотечественникам, собравшимся на концерт, успехов и благополучия в Новом году.
Детей поздравили Дед Мороз и Снегурочка, а школьники спели для них песни и рассказали стихи. Мероприятие завершилось веселыми играми, хороводом вокруг елки и, конечно, подарками.
Советник-посланник В.В.Сентюрин поблагодарил школьников за яркое выступление и пожелал юным актерам, их преподавателям и родителям, а также соотечественникам, собравшимся на концерт, успехов и благополучия в Новом году.
Детей поздравили Дед Мороз и Снегурочка, а школьники спели для них песни и рассказали стихи. Мероприятие завершилось веселыми играми, хороводом вокруг елки и, конечно, подарками.
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⚡️ Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation regarding the further development of the situation around Venezuela
We are extremely concerned by reports that the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his spouse were forcibly taken out of the country during today’s aggressive actions by the United States.
We demand immediate clarification of these reports.
If such actions did in fact take place, they represent an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, the respect for which is a fundamental principle of international law.
We are extremely concerned by reports that the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his spouse were forcibly taken out of the country during today’s aggressive actions by the United States.
We demand immediate clarification of these reports.
If such actions did in fact take place, they represent an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, the respect for which is a fundamental principle of international law.
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☦️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Christmas (January 7, 2026)
✍️ Vladimir Putin: This wonderful holiday illuminates the world with the light of kindness and love, giving millions of people hope and the joy of communion with the spiritual traditions of our forebears, passed down from generation to generation.
I would like to note with deep appreciation the immense and truly unique contribution made by the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations to strengthening social unity, preserving our rich historical and cultural heritage, and fostering the patriotic and moral upbringing of young people.
Religious organisations devote tireless attention to works of mercy and charity, care for those in need, support participants and veterans of the special military operation, and do much to promote harmonious interfaith and interethnic dialogue in our country. This important and much-needed work deserves the most sincere recognition.
I wish Orthodox Christians and all those who celebrate Christmas good health, success and all the very best.
✍️ Vladimir Putin: This wonderful holiday illuminates the world with the light of kindness and love, giving millions of people hope and the joy of communion with the spiritual traditions of our forebears, passed down from generation to generation.
I would like to note with deep appreciation the immense and truly unique contribution made by the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations to strengthening social unity, preserving our rich historical and cultural heritage, and fostering the patriotic and moral upbringing of young people.
Religious organisations devote tireless attention to works of mercy and charity, care for those in need, support participants and veterans of the special military operation, and do much to promote harmonious interfaith and interethnic dialogue in our country. This important and much-needed work deserves the most sincere recognition.
I wish Orthodox Christians and all those who celebrate Christmas good health, success and all the very best.
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☦️ Nativity Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ (January 6, 2026)
💬 Dear brothers and sisters!
I wholeheartedly congratulate all of you with the great feast of the Nativity of Christ and the beginning of the New Year!
If we picture ourselves standing in the cave of Bethlehem, we will see the divine Infant Jesus lying in a manger, and the Most Pure Virgin Mary leaning over Him in reverence and love.
Over the past two thousand years, this Gospel scene has inspired countless icons and paintings, literary works and musical masterpieces.
But what is the true meaning of this event?
Why did the eternal, infinite, invisible and incomprehensible God come to a world exhausted by sin, weary from wars and strife, wounded by injustice and sorrow?
For centuries, people have cried out to heaven and still continue to ask: «Where are You, God? Why are You silent?»
But God is not silent.
❗️He answers. But not with volumes of philosophical writings, nor with the creation of a perfect legal system, nor by building a utopian state of universal equality and prosperity.
He answers with boundless, self-giving love.
He answers through His coming into the world, through the preaching of the Gospel, through the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
He speaks through the voice of His Church, established by Him, and through the voice of conscience that He placed within every human soul.
To all of us has been given divine revelation, fully manifested in the truth of the newborn Jesus Christ. By believing in Him and living according to His commandments, we find answers to the eternal questions of life’s meaning and our true purpose.
We know, believe, and proclaim that the Lord is always with us. He who, as the Apostle Paul writes, is «the same yesterday, today, and forever.»
He is not a distant observer or a cruel judge. He is not an abstract idea or an indifferent force, but the living, loving, and merciful Father. And no matter how troubling, unpredictable, difficult, or hopeless our circumstances may seem, Christ was, is, and always will be our Savior.
He is the one and only inexhaustible source of all blessings, the unshakable foundation upon which alone a true, meaningful, and dignified human life can be built.
I warmly wish all of you a joyful feast!
Merry Christmas!
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💬 Dear brothers and sisters!
I wholeheartedly congratulate all of you with the great feast of the Nativity of Christ and the beginning of the New Year!
If we picture ourselves standing in the cave of Bethlehem, we will see the divine Infant Jesus lying in a manger, and the Most Pure Virgin Mary leaning over Him in reverence and love.
Over the past two thousand years, this Gospel scene has inspired countless icons and paintings, literary works and musical masterpieces.
But what is the true meaning of this event?
Why did the eternal, infinite, invisible and incomprehensible God come to a world exhausted by sin, weary from wars and strife, wounded by injustice and sorrow?
For centuries, people have cried out to heaven and still continue to ask: «Where are You, God? Why are You silent?»
But God is not silent.
❗️He answers. But not with volumes of philosophical writings, nor with the creation of a perfect legal system, nor by building a utopian state of universal equality and prosperity.
He answers with boundless, self-giving love.
He answers through His coming into the world, through the preaching of the Gospel, through the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
He speaks through the voice of His Church, established by Him, and through the voice of conscience that He placed within every human soul.
To all of us has been given divine revelation, fully manifested in the truth of the newborn Jesus Christ. By believing in Him and living according to His commandments, we find answers to the eternal questions of life’s meaning and our true purpose.
We know, believe, and proclaim that the Lord is always with us. He who, as the Apostle Paul writes, is «the same yesterday, today, and forever.»
He is not a distant observer or a cruel judge. He is not an abstract idea or an indifferent force, but the living, loving, and merciful Father. And no matter how troubling, unpredictable, difficult, or hopeless our circumstances may seem, Christ was, is, and always will be our Savior.
He is the one and only inexhaustible source of all blessings, the unshakable foundation upon which alone a true, meaningful, and dignified human life can be built.
I warmly wish all of you a joyful feast!
Merry Christmas!
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