“Even the Russians are surprised by this kind of early and heavy snowfall,” says reader. “And winter hasn’t even started yet.”

The roads are covered in “wet porridge”, sometimes ice, along with small drifts on the sides of the roads.

As a result – many kilometers of traffic jams shut dlown public transport, and people had to move around the city on foot.

According to weather forecasts , weather will last in the region for several days.