The Kremlin's press service said on Friday the lights in the Moscow Kremlin will be turned off on Saturday from 8:30 p.m. To 9:30 pm. to support the international environmental campaign Earth Hour.
The Kremlin's press service said on Friday the lights in the Moscow Kremlin will be turned off on Saturday from 8:30 p.m. To 9:30 pm. to support the international environmental campaign Earth Hour.
TASS informs Russian Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Sergey Donskoy will launch the 10th environmental event of the World Wide Fund for Nature on March 19 on downtown Moscow’s Red Square.
"Donskoy will start the event on Red Square," a ministry spokeswoman said.
According to The Moscow Times, a total of 900 buildings will conserve electricity and go dark during Earth Hour in Moscow, including St. Basil's Cathedral, the GUM department store, the State Historical Museum and the building of the Russian government.
Russia has been participating in the lights-off event since 2008. The Kremlin joined the environmental campaign three years ago, whereas, the Moscow City skyscrapers will turn their lights off for Earth Hour for the first time
