More deaths reported in extreme Russian cold
A persistent spell of extreme cold has caused more deaths among Russians stranded on frigid streets but failed to freeze the spirits of thousands who plunged into ice water for an annual ritual marking a Russian Orthodox Christian holiday.
In Moscow, shivering through its fourth day of a cold snap, temperatures dropped to -31C overnight, the lowest recorded on January 19 since 1927, said Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a Moscow weather forecasting service official.
