- Title: Moscow celebrates New Year with fireworks over Red Square
- Date: 31st December 2019
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JANUARY 1, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIREWORKS WITH SPASSKAYA TOWER IN VIEW
- Embargoed: 14th January 2020 22:03
- Keywords: Moscow fireworks New Year celebration New Year fireworks Russia New Year
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA001BCB2AFB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russia welcomed 2020 with fireworks display over Moscow's Red Square amid unusually warm weather.
According to meteorologists, the unseasonable warmth has been brought by an atmospheric front from the Atlantic Ocean, and plus temperatures were forecast for the New Year holiday, Russia's main festive celebration.
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered seasonal good wishes to the nation in his traditional New Year address televised minutes before midnight.
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