At the end of a year marked by deadly battles, including significant defeats, a question has arisen: is it appropriate to carry on with festivities as normal?
After ten months of intense fighting and a chaotic mobilisation, few are in the mood for grand celebrations.
Muscovite Nadezhda Arkhipova supported the decision and said she hoped the costs would be redirected towards the army and the mobilised --"our defenders".Widespread reports of poorly dressed and under-prepared mobilised men has led to some anger in Russia. But the 64-year-old called on Muscovites to still hold some celebrations"in spite of the enemy", saying the city had done so even in 1941.Siberian student Vladimir Azarochkin came to see the decorations with his girlfriend at Moscow's main Gorky Park."I hope that all the difficult times will stay in the past," 22-year-old Azarochkin said.
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