How сyclone Francis swept over Russia (PHOTOS)
In the first week of 2026, a heavy snowfall hit many cities across the country, including major metropolitans like Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok. Some of the resulting snowdrifts grew taller than a human and hundreds of memes appeared about digging cars out of snow captivity. Below, we’ve picked out some of the crazy scenes from different cities of Russia!
Giant snowdrifts in St. Petersburg.
Snow removal in Kazan.
Emergency mode in Krasnodar territory!
Heavy snowfall in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky resulted in scenes like this…
The consequences of snowfall on the Red Square in Moscow…
Another snow-covered car, this time in Novosibirsk.
Sochi also wasn’t spared. Below is a view of the Mzymta River.
Meanwhile, the consequences of snowfall in Krasnodar Region were particularly pretty!
Oh, and just a three-meter mountain of snow on Miusskaya Street in downtown Moscow…
And there was also heavy snowfall in Vladivostok!