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☆ Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Pedestrians walk along a street on a frosty day in Yakutsk, Russia, December 5, 2023. Temperatures in parts of the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia and located in the northeastern part of Siberia, went below minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) on December 5. REUTERS/Roman... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreYAKUTSK, Russia, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures in parts of the Sakha Republic, a vast region a little smaller than India that is located in the northeastern part of Siberia, went below minus 55 overnight. In Oymyakon, a settlement in Sakha, the temperature was minus 58 C on Tuesday.

Persons: Pyotr, Guy Faulconbridge, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Yakutsk, Russia, Sakha Republic, Siberia, YAKUTSK, Moscow, India, Sakha

☆ Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 50 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A communal worker cleans snow at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH) during a heavy snowfall in Moscow, Russia December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures in parts of Siberia plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) while blizzards blanketed Moscow in record snowfall and disrupted flights as winter weather swept across Russia. In the Sakha Republic, located in the northeastern part of Siberia and home to Yakutsk, one of the world's coldest cities, temperatures fell below minus 50 C, according to the region's weather stations. An abnormally early cold snap in Sakha pushed temperatures to even lower than minus 50 C in several areas of Sakha, a vast region just a little smaller than India. Temperatures in Moscow were forecast to fall to about minus 18 C later this week.

Persons: Maxim Shemetov, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge, Jamie Freed Organizations: National, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Siberia, Sakha Republic, Yakutsk, Sakha, India, Russian, Melbourne

☆ A Russian official said soldiers are dying in large numbers, but he'll get in trouble if he doesn't send more to fight, leaked video shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A leaked video clip shows a Russian official saying troops are dying in droves in Ukraine. But Alexander Avdonin said he would get in trouble if he didn't send more, per Russian media. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA Russian official said that soldiers were dying in large numbers in Ukraine but that he could get in trouble if he didn't send more men to fight, according to Russian news outlet Siberia Realities . About 120,000 Russian soldiers have died since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, US officials told The New York Times in August.

Persons: Alexander Avdonin, —, Avdonin, Dmitry Medvedev Organizations: Moscow Times, Service, Yakutia Foundation, Telegram, Eastern Military District, Russia's Security, Free Yakutia Foundation, UK Ministry of Defence, New York Times Locations: Ukraine, Siberia, Russia's, Republic, Sakha, Russia

☆ World's biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BATAGAI, Russia, July 21 (Reuters) - Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the Batagaika crater, a one kilometre long gash in Russia's Far East that forms the world's biggest permafrost crater. "We locals call it 'the cave-in,'" local resident and crater explorer Erel Struchkov told Reuters as he stood on the crater's rim. The "gateway to the underworld," as some locals in Russia's Sakha Republic also call it, has a scientific name: a mega-slump. "In future, with increasing temperatures and with higher anthropogenic pressure, we will see more and more of those mega-slumps forming, until all the permafrost is gone," Tananayev told Reuters. "With an increasing air temperature we can expect (the crater) will be expanding at a higher rate," he said.

Persons: Erel Struchkov, Nikita Tananayev, Tananayev, Struchkov, aren't, Lucy Papachristou, Andrew Osborn, David Holmes Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: BATAGAI, Russia, Russia's Sakha Republic, Yakutsk, Sakha

☆ Passengers' hats and belongings were sucked out of a plane after a door opened mid-flight, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

There were 25 passengers and six crew members on board the IrAero flight, the carrier said. Passengers lost some items as they were sucked out of the cabin, Magan Airport told the outlet. Not long after taking off from Magan Airport, the plane's rear entry ramp door slid open while the aircraft was at around 9,000 ft, per the news outlet. "Fortunately, the 25 people on board, including the crew, were unharmed," a report from Magan airport said, via the Independent. Representatives for IrAero and Magan airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Moscow and other Russian cities are scaling back or canceling New Year parties to spend the money attacking Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's military is still struggling with a number of problems on the frontlines in Ukraine. As a result, some Russian cities have canceled or scaled down their New Year's celebrations. Moscow is still holding a New Year celebration — but it will not include fireworks, its mayor said. In Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said the capital would hold a toned-down celebration, forgoing the usual firework show and mass concert. Some Russian activists last week accused him of spending billions on Russia's military while many of them freeze back home, The Daily Beast reported.

Friday was the first day of a five-day period of voting in regions after their Russian-installed officials rushed to announce the referendums to join Russia earlier this week. The questions on the ballots will ask voters if their regions should join Russia, the news agency said. If the regions vote to join Russia, Moscow is likely to claim them as part of its territory. With few details laid out in the order, men of fighting age were left with more questions than answers about who exactly could be recruited to serve in Ukraine. Putin’s order seeks to recruit some 300,000 additional troops.

☆ (foto) O îmbrățișare COVID-friendly câștigă titlul „Fotografia anului din presa mondială”. Descoperă pozele învingătoare și poveștile din spatele lor
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +10 min

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