Earlier this month, Russia’s far east Kamchatka region declared an emergency situation due to a massive snowstorm that left its major city partially paralysed.
Russia’s capital Moscow has seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years this month, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday.
Images from the city of around 13 million people showed residents struggling to make their way through heavy piles of snow on the streets in its central district.
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