Muscovites mark muted New Year without fireworks, hope for peace

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MOSCOW: People in the centre of Moscow prepared late on Saturday (Dec 31) to mark a somewhat muted New Year's Eve without the usual fireworks and celebrations on Red Square, with many saying they wanted peace in 2023. Authorities closed off the famous cobbled square in the heart of Moscow, citing restricti

MOSCOW: People in the centre of Moscow prepared late on Saturday to mark a somewhat muted New Year's Eve without the usual fireworks and celebrations on Red Square, with many saying they wanted peace in 2023.

"We hope that there will be a predictable year, we hope there will be world peace, as strange as it may sound in such a situation," said Moscow resident Alexander Tsvetov. New laws adopted in March prescribe fines and jail terms for discrediting or spreading"deliberately false information" about the armed forces.

 

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