RUSSIA: RESIDENTS SUFFER SEVERE SIBERIAN WINTER

Record ID: 971647

  • Title: RUSSIA: RESIDENTS SUFFER SEVERE SIBERIAN WINTER
  • Date: 7th January 2001
  • Summary: KEMEROVO REGION, SIBERIA, RUSSIA (JANUARY 6, 2001) (RTR - NO ACCESS CIS) 1. SLV STREET SCENE WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN KEMEROVO REGION; WOMAN IN FUR COAT AND HAT RUNNING IN STREET; SLV EXTERIOR UNIDENTIFIED BUILDING (3 SHOTS) 0.19 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) VLADIMIR ANISIMOV, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOCAL ENERGY DEPARTMENT, SAYING "No-one counted on these weather conditions but we have to get through them. Despite the severe connotations we haven't had any severe problems till now. The emergency services have not had to be called out but in reality our heating systems and infrastructure is not designed to withstand these temperatures. We are afraid that the systems could collapse." 0.42 3. SLV PATRIOTIC STATUE WITH SMOKE STACKS SMOKING IN BACKGROUND; SLV OUTSIDE THERMOMETER READING A TEMPERATURE OF MINUS FORTY FOUR DEGREES CELSIUS; SLV ROAD COVERED WITH DEEP LAYER OF SNOW; TRACKING SHOT SNOW COVERED ROADS; MV PEOPLE WALKING IN SNOW COVERED STREETS; MORE TRAFFIC ON ROADS (7 SHOTS) 1.33 5. SOUNDBITE) (Russian) UNIDENTIFIED RESIDENT, SAYING "When we get up in the morning, the first thing we do is to turn on the stove. We only get up after it has been burning for half an hour." 1.41 6. SLV MAN WALKS THROUGH DOOR OF FROZEN EXTERIOR OF RESIDENT'S HOME 1.50 7. MV MAN STANDING IN SNOW WITH A DOG WHICH IS ALSO WEARING A THICK COAT 1.53 7. SCU TRAFFIC ON FREEZING ROADS IN KEMEROVO REGION 2.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: KEMEROVO REGION, SIBERIA, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
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