A few months ago Altai Region was basking in a heat wave, suffering shortages of water for crops.
The tiny dog was lost for a week after owner walked it in a storm without a lead.
State of emergency in three districts as 100,000 residents without power, 1,000-plus trees felled.
Aircraft 'full of passengers' blown 180 degrees as Boeing 737 is lashed in blizzard.
A girl dies after a bus stop crashes on her in extreme gales.
Hero crane operator died preventing heavy load falling on cars and pedestrians, while floating restaurant with 120 on board cut loose its moorings in Ob River.
Pacific capital hit by mega-storm as locals marked Tiger Day.
'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.
Today classes are closed, not because temperatures are plunging to minus 44C, but due to the ferocious icy winds.
Locals in Norilsk dive head first into the 4-metre deep fluffy snow as if it were a swimming pool.