As western Europe chills in unusually harsh weather, which it blames on Russia (of course!), here’s how we cope with the deep freeze.
Here schools are shut, and public transport is struggling to cope. Picture: SakhalinMedia
Countries from Britain to Italy have been hit by unseasonably cold weather accompanied by heavy snow - widely dubbed the 'Beast from the East' and blamed on ‘a storm front sweeping down from Russia’ as The Times of London puts it.
Recently our reporters have been in demand from TV and radio in Europe asking how to cope with the extreme cold.
'I started skating when I was seven.' Pictures: SakhalinMedia
Meanwhile, with Spring officially underway from 1 March, Russians too are dealing with heavy snow.
In Sakhalin, passengers had to disembark their bus to push it out of a snow drift caused by local blizzards.
Natalia Sivokon, from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, told us: 'Everyone is in skiing outfits today.
Passengers had to disembark their bus to push it out of a snow drift caused by local blizzards.
'Clever, as eyewear protects half of the face and even keeps make up in place by the time you reach you workplace!'
Here schools are shut, and public transport is struggling to cope.
But in Yakutsk, colder than anywhere in Europe at -27C, all schools remain open.
It took a 20 hour rescue operation to free the 38 men. Pictures: Social media
In the Arctic city of Norilsk, workers building a mine ventilation shaft got stuck by snowdrifts in a bus on their way home from work.
A blizzard with zero visibility meant there was no way forwards or back.
It took a 20 hour rescue operation to free the 38 men.
'I started skating when I was seven.' Picture: Boris Slepnyov/Kopeyka
Winds in Norilsk are gusting at up to 20 metres per second, with temperatures at around -23C.
Some plants in the city have given their staff days off.
Schools, however, are mainly continuing although students who have to move between districts are allowed to stay home.
The airport, the only link to the outside world, remains open when possible.
Blizzard in Norilsk. Picture: Sergey Dokukin, Nikolay Schipko, Ksenia Nikiforuk
Comments (10)
I love Siberia and Russian people and president Putin who is a true wise world leader.
Russia should play active role against american imperialism.
as Italian I'm not able to image me to live with this cold
but ............ i would like visit Siberia one time in the summer and one time in the winter also to try how is live here in the winter
your news like me more
Not only Siberia is cold it is cold, windy and damp here as well. If I tell people here in the west that some places of Russia is milder (Crimea and the Black Sea coast) than say Scandinavia, north Germany they think I am paid by mr. Putin himself!