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An intense snowfall has brought the Russian capital to a standstill, creating the longest traffic jams of 2011.
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A video has surfaced on the web showing a driver?s brush with certain death after almost crashing into a jack-knifing truck on a snowy road in Russia. The heart-stopping moment was captured on a video recorder installed in the car. 06.12, 20:
Fans of the famously cold Moscow winter will have to wait a bit longer, as there are no signs of its arrival to the capital in the next week. 28.11, 21:23 Flood averted: St.
Russia?s northern capital has narrowly avoided a flood, as an unusually warm cyclone gripped the European part of the country.White terror:
An intense snowfall has brought the Russian capital to a standstill, creating the longest traffic jams of 2011.Weathermen say Moscow has had more than its weekly dose of precipitation ? a 12-centimeter blanket of snow currently covers the city, with another 12 centimeters expected in the next 24 hours.Chaos on the roads is only set to worsen, with treacherous conditions potentially keeping commuters stuck in traffic for hours. Add last-minute New Year shopping, and you have a recipe for crippling late December traffic in Moscow.The number of road accidents has skyrocketed in the last three days alone ? to more than 2,000 collisions, with dozens of fatalities.Road police advise staying off the roads if possible, and driving with extra care if you do have to go out.
The director of a penal colony in Kamchatka is in hot water after finding an original way to save cash on a family driver ? by exploiting his inmates. 21.12, 22: