amusement - Ok, but information?
Anyway, my parents said that Putin started his speech! That's a tradition, like the "State of the Union" in the US of A, only Russians do it on New Year eve.
Normally, our presidents finish their speech exactly by 24.00 and the whole country drinks at this moment. Even if you are in a different time zone. We used to celebrate New Year twice - one time in local time and another time in Moscow time. Unless your time zone is like 4, or 6, or 8 hours away.