In Photos: Moscow Lights Up for the New Year
Moscow is preparing to ring in 2024 with decorations popping up across the city ahead of the New Year, Russia's most festive holiday.
The decorations appear as the coming year is expected to be a challenging one for Russia, with the ongoing war in Ukraine and Western sanctions along with the presidential election.
Here is a closer look at the capital's New Year decorations.
The decorations appear as the coming year is expected to be a challenging one for Russia, with the ongoing war in Ukraine and Western sanctions along with the presidential election.
Here is a closer look at the capital's New Year decorations.
New Year decorations at the Bolshoi Theater.
Vasily Kuzmichenok / Moskva News Agency
Festive lights in downtown Moscow.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
Muscovites take in the lights and snow.
Vasily Kuzmichenok / Moskva News Agency
A light display marks the coming of 2024 in downtown Moscow.
Vasily Kuzmichenok / Moskva News Agency
A woman holds a tray of sweets at the Journey to Christmas Festival on Manezhnaya Ploschchad.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
People walk through the Journey to Christmas Festival in Gorky Park.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
Seasonal decorations on Tverskaya Ulitsa.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
Children observe a New Year's display in Sokolniki Park.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
Pushkin Square is also lit up for the holidays.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
A dog eyes a woman's hot dog amid the New Year's decorations on Revolution Square.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
LED polar bears light up a park near the Rostokinsky Aqueduct in northeastern Moscow.
Moskva News Agency
