New Year decorations and festivities in full swing in Moscow

(26 Dec 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow - 25 December 2024
1. Wide of Manezhnaya square with New Year decorations and carousel
2. Mid of children on carousel
3. Various of New Year's market
4. Tilt of Christmas tree
5. Close of decorations
6. Various of people buying food at market
7. Close of window with toys
8. Various of people dancing
9. Wide of women waving hands to camera
10. Wide of Christmas tree in front of Red Square
11. Various of cars driving through city
12. Various of Bolshoi Theatre with decorations
13. Wide of department store TSUM decorated with red bow
14. Close of bow
15. Various of woman posing for camera
16. Various of Moscow streets filled with decorations

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia - 24 December 2024
17. Various of decorations of Moscow's Poklonnaya Hill ++NIGHT SHOTS++
18. Close of sign reading "Happy New Year" ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
Russian capital city Moscow was getting ready on Wednesday for New Year celebrations amid abnormally warm December.

According to local media, it will be a warm New Year's eve in Moscow with 1-3 degrees Celsius, which is very unusual for this time of year in the capital.

However, such temperatures will not remain for long and the cold weather will prevail, in the morning of January 1, the temperature will be minus 10-15 degrees.

The city centre was sparkling with festive decorations, as specially arranged sites opened for people to visit.

On Manezhnaya Square, the tall Christmas tree was decorated, with arches depicting scenes from Soviet movies.

A large number of tourists and locals come to New Year's fairs in Moscow every year, where they can visit dozens of souvenir shops, as well as carousels and other attractions for children.

According to Russian media, more than 571 million rubles were allocated for New Year decorations for the capital this year.



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