Russia's capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday.
Images from the city of around 13 million people showed residents struggling to make their way through heavy piles of snow on the streets in its central district.
Commuter trains in the Moscow area were delayed and cars were stuck in long traffic jams on Thursday evening.
Snow piles on the ground reach as high as 60 centimetres in some parts of the capital.
