this is the weather, a joint project of the russia-24 tv channel and tsentrofobys, i’m ksenia levitskayart-term cold snap is starting in the european part of the country. throughout the second half of december, the region remains under the influence of inclement cyclones, because of this the weather constantly and dramatically changes; it was worst the day before in the urals. a snowstorm was raging here, and chelyabinsk was at the epicenter of the disaster. in just 12 hours, 17 mm of precipitation fell in the city in the form of snow. the roads were covered and it was possible to move along them either by suvs or by dogs. and so the gazelle goes, two extra spikes poked and off we go. the situation is similar in yekaterinburg: for several hours in a row, traffic in the city was practically paralyzed, and public transport could barely cope with the sharply increased load. even further east in the trans-urals, ice was observed, and sections of the irtysh federal highway had to be closed. the weather was good on the russian plain. calmer, but also dangerous in its own way. otsepel returned