(31 Dec 2012) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Pull out from Kremlin clock tower to city skyline, pan to fireworks
2. Various, fireworks display with Kremlin buildings, waterfront
3. Family opening confetti
4. Family raising champagne glasses UPSOUND: (Russian) "Happy New Year"
5. Mother and child waving
6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Elena, local resident:
"(I hope) that everyone around me will be happy (in the New Year), healthy, that everyone was successful. The most important thing is to be upbeat. If you're upbeat and optimistic everything will be okay."
7. Homemade lantern with smiley face floating in the sky
8. Wide of people along the Moscow river after fireworks
STORYLINE:
Muscovites celebrated the New Year with champagne as fireworks lit up the riverfront and the Kremlin skyline.
"The most important thing," said one, "is to be upbeat. If you're upbeat and optimistic everything will be okay."
Earlier in the day, about 25 people were reportedly arrested in Moscow for trying to hold an unsanctioned demonstration.
But President Vladimir Putin gave an optimistic New Year's Eve address, making no reference to the anti-government protests 2012.
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