I was at red sqaure for new 2009/2010 - to be honest I was very disappointed, was difficult to get on the square (as usual) - but this time you couldn't even take booze onto the square (had to tank all the champagne before hand).
Everyone was told to then leave the square at 1am, and the heavy presence of unfriendly omon clearing everyone away put at dampener on things. In fact we were hearded away not just from the square but the whole area all the way to the lubyanka. Worse still was that no shops would sell booze until 7am (and we'd drank all our supplies already so we could reach the sqaure), so either it was paying up a fortune to get into a bar or going back home at 1am. You need to be very well prepared and ready for the fact that the party finishes right after new year - if you don't mind that, it can be fun. But it is not as crazy and fun as it used to be for sure. On 6 October 2010 01:10, Andre <[email protected]> wrote: > The last time I was on Red Square on New Year's Eve was in 2002. Maybe > things have changed and residents of Russia have stopped drinking. > > > > --- On Tue, 10/5/10, George Edward Green III <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: George Edward Green III <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Expat List New Years > > To: "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 6:50 PM > > My understanding was that alcohol is > > banned now...? > > > > George > > > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:46 , Andre wrote: > > > > > Red Square is the right place to celebrate New Year's > > if you like walking on empty beer bottles and being > > surrounded by exploding fireworks and drunk crowds. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Tue, 10/5/10, George Edward Green III <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> From: George Edward Green III <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Expat List New Years > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 12:05 PM > > >> I am curious if anyone has gone to > > >> Red Square for New years Eve Festivities and > > whether it was > > >> worth it. > > >> > > >> > > George_______________________________________________ > > >> Expat mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Expat mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -- Louise Whitworth Editor Moscow In Your Pocket Tel. +7 812 448 88 65 Mob. +7 906 262 27 28 / +7 963 768 68 36 [email protected] moscow.inyourpocket.com
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