Arctic cold grips western Russia

Two people froze to death in Moscow, officials said on Tuesday, as Arctic cold from Siberia descended on western Russia, sending nighttime temperatures to as low as minus 36 degrees Celsius and prompting warnings of power cuts to some businesses.

..”The capital for the first time has come up against a situation where, due to the cold, its demands for energy may well exceed supplies,” Vedomosti quoted Nestor Serebryannikov, the former head of the Moscow municipal power utility, as saying.

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