MOSCOW - There will be no fireworks in Moscow again this year on Russia's biggest family holiday, but in almost every other way, the capital is as bright and bustling as at any New Year before the war in Ukraine. Last year, the fallout of what Russia calls its "special military operation", which had begun 10 months earlier, and a military call-up dented Muscovites' appetite for entertainment. This year, only soaring prices are dampening the celebrations. "Last year we bought a two-meter fir tree (for New Year) and it cost 10,000 rubles ($110)," said Viktorina Petrova, visiting the Moscow Circus. "This year it costs 17,000 rubles. So we decided not to have a real fir tree at hom...Keep on reading: It’s New Year (nearly) as usual in wartime Moscow