New Year's Eve is one of the most curious periods in the Russian capital: bridges and roads near the Red Square are closed to cars, security patrols and police squad regularly beat the asphalt, and the center is uncommonly silent. This picture was taken on the main bridge towards the Kremlin, from which one can get an insight of the contemporary Moscow city: oscillating between its cultural heritage, its modernity and the will of political intimidation captured by imposing and disproportionate infrastructures.