Russia Welcomes 2020 With Fireworks and Festivities
Street celebrations take place across Russia each year on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve.
The first regions to ring in the New Year are those in the Far East, before the celebrations reach Moscow some nine hours later.
The first regions to ring in the New Year are those in the Far East, before the celebrations reach Moscow some nine hours later.
President Vladimir Putin gives his traditional televised New Year's address
Valery Matytsin / TASS
A couple enjoys the fireworks in Red Square during celebrations in Moscow
Gavriil Grigorov / TASS
Revelers in Palace Square in St. Petersburg
Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS
The Siberian city of Novosibirsk also got in on the fun
Kirill Kukhmar / TASS
Camels and Santas took to streets in Russia's southern city of Rostov
Valery Matytsin / TASS
Locals celebrate the New Year in the industrial Urals city of Magnitogorsk
Vladimir Smirnov / TASS
Russians braved the cold in Yakutsk, where temperatures often go below - 30C
Yevgeny Sofroneyev / TASS
Festivities also took place in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya
Yelena Afonina / TASS
