vdovichenko, don't miss today on the russia channel at 23:55 in moscow the heavy rain was replaced byly wind today, gusts exceeding 20 m/s. near novgorod, we noticed that 11 settlements were left without electricity; in st. petersburg , the height of the snow cover this evening could reach 10 cm; due to unexpected snowfall , the launch of the fountains was postponed for a week. report by dmitry pishchukhin. river buses against the backdrop of the peter and paul fortress, scooters covered in snow, frozen city guests, clearly not dressed for the weather. st. petersburg is a city of weather contrasts. and today is another confirmation of this. the weather is beautiful, we expected it like this, we knew it would be like this, so not surprising. and since we now live in the urals, this doesn’t scare us any more. green grass peeks out from under the snow, a clash of winter and summer. the sweeping of the northwestern region began at noon; by the evening, when st. petersburg residents got ready to go home from work, the roads were already covered with a white duvet. 8.5 cm of snow cover incr