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Fireworks explode over St. Basil cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, early January 1st, 2010. Some 120,000 Russians crowded overnight on Moscow's Red Square to toast the year 2010, as President Dmitry Medvedev thanked his nation for bearing with the economic crisis and evoked family values.

Moscow New Year

( Getty Images / January 1, 2010 )

Fireworks explode over St. Basil cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, early January 1st, 2010. Some 120,000 Russians crowded overnight on Moscow's Red Square to toast the year 2010, as President Dmitry Medvedev thanked his nation for bearing with the economic crisis and evoked family values.

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