From Moscow to Yakutsk, preparations for the upcoming New Year and Crhistmas holidays are in a full run, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. All various festive decorations and lights are set up for the upcoming celebrations, giant illuminating decorations varies from star shaped ones to polar bear sculptures.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Decorated Russia In Run-up To New Year And Christmas
Moscow and other cities across Russia get ready for winter holidays amid Coronavirus pandemic.
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People walk near huge light sculptures of polar bears installed as part of decoration for the New Year and Christmas holidays in Moscow, on December 14, 2020.
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Balls and lights are seen on trees decorated for Christmas and New Year celebrations during a sunrise over Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower, right, in the background in Moscow, December 12, 2020.
Moscow's Mayor Sobyanin said that there will be no massive New Year celebrations in the city this year due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Women stand outside the GUM department store decorated with lights for the upcoming Christmas and New Year holiday season in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia December 8, 2020.
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A woman wearing a face mask uses her smartphone walks through star shaped festive decorations set for the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays outside a shopping centre in Moscow on December 11, 2020, amid ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.