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(From The Moscow Times)
More than 2 million Muscovites are expected to attend an unprecedented 2,000 jazz, rock and classical music concerts commemorating the city's 859th birthday this weekend.
Other high-profile events celebrating City Day include the unveiling of an illuminated, high-tech fountain; a monument to Moscow janitor Viktor Kollegin, who posed for the statue with his baseball cap and a broom; laser shows; and fireworks. There will be cellists, choirs of war veterans and other performers.
Mayor Yury Luzhkov has ordered city museums not to charge visitors any entrance fees on Saturday and Sunday.
Topping it all off will be cloudless, blue skies: City officials have pledged to ward off any precipitation, if need be, by seeding oncoming clouds with rain-inducing chemicals.
Security will be tight on City Day, with 25,000 police officers, soldiers and security agents patrolling city streets. Liquor and beer sales have been barred for the weekend. Street vendors will offer only soft drinks.
City parks will be guarded by 300 police officers on horseback and 200 officers with bomb-sniffing dogs. A surveillance team will monitor the city's secluded, wooded areas from the air. Concerns about park safety have risen with the spate of ...