Attempts at integrating war into country’s new year celebrations have become obvious target for opposition
The Christmas village at Moscow’s Gorky Park is decked out as in any other year – quaint wooden huts with icicles and snow-lined fir trees festooned with baubles and white lights.
But this year, there are new ornaments. Glowing in fluorescent lights are three letters: Z, V, and O, all symbols of the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine and which looms heavily over the country as the end of the year approaches.
