Putin's New Year's Address - 2025: Watch Online Today
31.12.2024
Every year, on December 31, the head of state's holiday address is broadcast on television and online. Russian President Vladimir Putin has prepared a New Year's greeting for 2025 that Russians from all regions of the country will be able to see and hear. In his speech, the president will traditionally sum up the outgoing year and outline key areas for Russia's development in 2025. In this article, we will tell you on which TV channels and at what time you can watch Putin's New Year's address.
President Putin's New Year's greeting - 2025
The tradition of congratulating citizens on the New Year was established by Peter I. However, after him, Russian rulers did not address the people on the eve of the holiday for a long time. Congratulations were conveyed through representatives of the nobility and clergy.
In 1936, New Year officially became a national holiday, and the tradition of New Year's greetings was resumed. Initially, congratulations were broadcast on the radio, and later on television. Leonid Brezhnev made his first televised address to Russians in the early 1970s. At that time, Soviet leaders congratulated citizens in the strict atmosphere of their office, which emphasized the significance of the moment.
Today, watching the president’s New Year’s greetings is one of the main Russian traditions. In 2000, Vladimir Putin moved away from the office format and spoke for the first time from the Kremlin’s Ivanovskaya Square. From 2000 to 2007, holiday addresses were recorded against the backdrop of the Kremlin’s Spasskaya Tower.
In 2013, a unique event occurred: two New Year’s addresses by the president were shown on television. The first was intended for residents of the Far East, and the second was broadcast to the rest of Russia. That year, Vladimir Putin congratulated Russians from Khabarovsk, where he was on December 31, supporting flood victims. The address was recorded in the building of the local Palace of Culture.
On December 31, 2023, the president spoke from the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, surrounded by military personnel. This symbolized support for military personnel during a difficult year for the country. That time, the president's speech lasted nine minutes, as opposed to the traditional five. Putin thanked those who defend the Motherland and reminded about the importance of caring for new regions of Russia.
New Year's address of Russian President Putin today: where and when to watch online
The New Year's greetings of the head of state are recorded in advance and broadcast on central TV channels and radio stations at about 23:40–23:50 Moscow time.
On December 31, 2024, Vladimir Putin's address can be watched by clicking on the link to our online broadcast https://webcams24.live/ru/webcam/novogodnee-obrashchenie-putina-2025-smotret-onlain-segodnia-webcam or at the end of the news using the video player. Due to the many time zones, the broadcast will be divided into 11 intervals so that residents of each region can watch the address a few minutes before midnight local time.
Residents of Kamchatka will traditionally see the congratulations first, and in Kaliningrad it will sound around 1 a.m. Moscow time.
Previously, in a number of regions of Russia, the broadcast of the president's speech could begin with an hour shift due to the orbital broadcasting of TV channels. However, since 2017, the president's address has been broadcast in each region a few minutes before the New Year. After the president's speech and the chimes, Russians will welcome 2025.
