"Transport will work until 02:00, so that the townspeople will be able to walk around St. Petersburg and enjoy its (New Year. -

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) decoration," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered to extend the work of the metro and the MCC for the whole New Year's Eve.

Also newsnn.ru with reference to the MP "Nizhegorodskoe metro" reported that in Nizhny Novgorod the work of the metro will be extended on New Year's Eve.