Throughout the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, Ded Moroz – who became an official ambassador in 2009 - will cheer on the Russian athletes, encouraging them to set new world records.

Acting the parts of Russia’s two main festive characters at traditional New Year shows requires those playing the roles to be kind, quick-witted and resourceful, in order to maintain children ...

Santa Claus has a serious rival from Russia. He's also a jolly old fellow with a beard and a bag of gifts, only he flies through the night sky in a sleigh drawn by three horses. And he goes by the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) visits the residence of Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, in the town of Veliky Ustyug, in the Vologda region, about 300 miles north of ...