. >> waky, waky, it's nearly 10 o'clock. ever since the kremlin scrapped daylight saving time the people here face 18 hours of darkness a day through the winter, going without seeing a trace of blue sky or sunlight for months. for the people of moscow the daily walk to work can be depressing and dangerous experiences. carried out in almost total dark possess, crossing treacherous icy streets. then it has to be repeated again eight hours later on the way home, again in total darkness. >> it really influences people. they can get depression. statistics say that 10% of people suffer from this disease during winter. almost every person has a lack of energy. about 10% has to get medical treatment such as anti-depressants. >> for the first time city authorities declared, "let there be light." and lo and behold there was light. >> they don't celebrate. new year's is the big deal. it didn't stop officials turning moscow in a winter wonderland. as far as christmas decorations go, we are not talking about regent street. trust me, this

. >> waky waky, it's nearly 10 o'clock in the morning and it could be midnight.ince the kremlin scrapped daylight saving time the people here face 18 hours of darkness a day during the winter, some going without seeing a trace of blue sky for months. >> for the people of moscow, a walk to work can be a depressing experience, carried out in total darkness, crossing icy streets and needs to be done again eight hours later, again in total darkness. >> translation: it influences people. they can get depression. 10% suffer from it in winter. every person feels a lack of energy. 10% needs medical treatment. >> for the first time city authorities declared let there be light. lo and behold there was light. they don't celebrate christmas in december. new year is the big deal. that did not stop officials splashing out there 10 million to turn moscow into a winter wonder land. >> we are not talking about london's regent street. this is a big improvement. they lit up 7,000 trees and plastered lights across moscow. decorations that will remain in place through the winter olym

peter sharp has that story in moscow >> reporter: wakey, waky. it's nearly 10:00 o'clock in the morning. it could well be midnight. ever since the crimin kremlin sd daylight savings time, the people face 18 hours of darkness a day through the winter, sometimes without seeing blue sky or sunlight for months. >> the people of moscow, the daily walk to work,a depressing and at times, daying dangerous experience carried out in almost darkness crossing treacherous icy streets and then it all has to be repeated again eight hours later on the way home, again, in total darkness. >> it really influences people. they can even get depression. statistics say 10% of people suffer from this disease during winter. almost every person can feel lack of energy and about 10% have to get medical treatment such as antidepressants. >> so for the first time, the city authorities declared: let there be light and lo and behold, there was light. they don't celebrate christmas in december. new year is the big deal but that didn't stop cities flashing out $10 million to tur