“(Head of State. - RT ) will be present (at the Christmas service. - RT ),” TASS quoted Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov as saying.

However, he did not specify in which particular church the president intends to celebrate Christmas.

It is noted that the Prime Minister, in turn, according to tradition will attend the Christmas service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

In 2019, Putin celebrated Christmas at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg.