Russia gripped by deadly coldMOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia's severest cold in a quarter of a century, with temperatures in Moscow at minus 8 Saturday, has killed at least 40 people and strained the nation's crumbling infrastructure, with residents piling on the blankets and heating bricks to keep warm.
The big freeze extended to neighboring countries, killing four people in Estonia, one in Moldova and knocking out power and delaying trains in Poland.
In Moscow, rescue workers found five homeless or drunk people dead, the city emergency medical service said, bringing the number of deaths to more than 20 in the capital during the six-day cold that saw temperatures drop to minus 24 Thursday -- coldest on that date since 1927.
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I'd love to go visit Russia some day, but probably not when it's so damn cold. I kind of like cold winter, but I'm not so sure how well I can tolerate the coldness of Russia in the middle of winter.
