Travel chaos costs Russian bosses their holidays

Russian transport bosses were carpeted by prime minister Vladimir Putin and banned from taking New Year holidays after freezing weather brought chaos to Moscow.

Icy rain covered runways and planes with a thick layer of ice over the weekend and caused a blackout at the capital’s largest airport, Domodedovo, which halted all flights for a day. It resumed operations on Monday, but a backlog of delayed flights left thousands stuck.