report by pavel chumakov.idents of yekaterinburg began like this, with shovels in hands, clearing the road from snow to their cars. over the past 24 hours, the sverdlovsk region received as much precipitation as, according to forecasters, there has not been any precipitation for several decades. the thickness of the snow cover in some cities of the region reached 20, or even 50 cm. the situation not only in yekaterinburg, but on country roads still remains difficult. due to snow drifts, traffic police officers introduced temporary traffic restrictions for all types of transport on the perm-ekaterinburg federal highway. because of this , huge traffic jams of trucks have formed here . people are just suffering, we’ve probably been standing there for 16 hours now. huge traffic jam. stretches for 14 km on the yekaterinburg ring road, mostly trucks are parked here too. this is ekat. the police are also monitoring the situation. installation on the roads of the sirolov region remains difficult. the state traffic ins