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Moscow’s iconic Red Square, a traditional gathering place for New Year’s Eve, will be closed to the public for New Year’s Eve, local authorities announced on Monday.
“The main department of the Russian Interior Ministry in Moscow informs that Red Square will be closed to the public from December 31 at 6:00 p.m. to January 1, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.,” indicated, without further details, the Moscow branch of the Russian ministry of the Interior.
Visitors will, however, be able to go without restrictions to the GUM ice rink, which is operating according to the planned schedule, said the same source. The GUM universal store ice rink, one of the major winter attractions, is located near Red Square.
This is the third year in a row that Russian authorities have decided to close Red Square to the public.
In 2022, this decision was linked to “the implementation of preventive measures and the exclusion of large gatherings of people” due to the coronavirus.
