Moscow Dumping Artificial Snow In City Center For New Year Events; 2019 Warmest Year On Record

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The Moscow authorities have dumped artificial snow in the city centre for New Year festivities, as this is now the Russian capital's warmest December since 1886. The delivery of snow by dumper truck is causing amusement on social media.

One tweet, from @WildWildMoscow, joked that now "you can buy anything with the Moscow budget - even winter".

It is a far cry from "General Winter" - the famous subzero temperatures that helped to defeat Napoleon and Hitler. The head of Russia's weather forecasting agency, Roman Vilfand, says 2019 was Russia's warmest year on record. The mild Russian winter is seen as more evidence of global warming - part of a pattern that includes record ice-melting in the polar regions.

A strip of artificial snow now lies on one of Moscow's main avenues - Tverskaya. Similar snow "dumps" took place at the weekend at Red Square and some other sites in the city centre, which are being closed to traffic for the holiday.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50945383

[RandySF]

1. Even their snow is fake.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Wow Putin will spend the Russian people's money to buy fake snow

But not to combat the cause of their need for fake snow....shorty Putin and Traitor Trump are such fake people.....and the filthy rich in America just love them.

[bronxiteforever]

3. Vlad "the Denier".