Schools open, trains running normally, airports functioning without delay. Welcome to Moscow where, unlike paralyzed Britain, life continued much as usual yesterday, despite 15cm of snow and temperatures as low as -27C (-17F). From the early hours of yesterday an army of snegoborochnaya mashina – snow ploughs - took to Moscow's streets.
The city council employs some 50,000 workers to clear snow from yards. Result: everyone gets to work on time. Marina Orlova, a spokeswoman for the council, said: "For us winter starts on October 15. It ends in March. We have a committee of experts who meet every day at 5pm. They include a weather expert and an official from the crisis ministry. If there's going to be snow, we load up trucks and send them out."
The city council employs some 50,000 workers to clear snow from yards. Result: everyone gets to work on time. Marina Orlova, a spokeswoman for the council, said: "For us winter starts on October 15. It ends in March. We have a committee of experts who meet every day at 5pm. They include a weather expert and an official from the crisis ministry. If there's going to be snow, we load up trucks and send them out."
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