
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 27: Streets are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 27,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: People take selfie on the entrance to Christmas fair in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28, 2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 26: Great Gostiny dvor and Christmas tree are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 26, 2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 26: Admiralty building are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 26, 2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Smolny cathedral are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 27: Streets are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 27,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: People buy Christmas gift from stalls set up during Christmas fair in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28, 2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: People buy Christmas gift from stalls set up during Christmas fair in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28, 2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: People buy Christmas gift from stalls set up during Christmas fair in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: People buy Christmas gift from stalls set up during Christmas fair in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: A woman buyes Christmas gift from stall of Republic of Crimea set up during Christmas fair in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28:Christmas tree set up during Christmas fair in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: A Man buy Christmas gift during Christmas fair in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Singer house an Nevsky prospect are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Former Saint-Petersburg city Duma and Great Gostiny dvor on Nevskiy prospect are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Kazan Cathedral are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Malaya Sadovaya street are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Alexandrinsky theatre, and Catherine 2 monument in Catherine garden are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Palace brige, Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns are lit ahead of New Year celebrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 28,2014. (Sergey Mihailicenko - Anadolu Agency)