Moscow and snow have always been a match made in hell — a 6-month-long stream of early darkness, subzero temperatures and frequent snowstorms. The streets can stay icy for months.

MOSCOW — They emerge onto major thoroughfares a bit before midnight, their crab claws gobbling up snow piles in huge pincer movements as attendant dump trucks trail obediently behind. These ...

MOSCOW — It is really winter in Russia when the snow-eater comes out. It seldom makes an appearance, but when it does, hissing and gobbling up snow with metal rods resembling arms, you know ...

Lacking snow to complete the holiday atmosphere, Moscow bought fake snow from skating rinks. “It will all create a festive mood, I am sure,” one Muscovite said.

The irony of trucking fake snow into a city that typically has to spend millions on snow removal was not lost on locals in Moscow. Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev\TASS via Getty Images New Year’s ...

Moscow in the grip of huge snow storms but that's not stopping the city - they've got a 15,000 huge trucks and snow machines working night and day to to keep the city moving.

Heavy snowfall brought to Moscow Region by a cyclone covered the Russian capital with more than ten centimeters of snow overnight to Tuesday MOSCOW, April 01. /ITAR-TASS/. Heavy snowfall brought ...

Blizzards blanketed Moscow in snow on Sunday, covering Red Square in up to 10 cm (4 inches) of snow after an unusually mild winter in the Russian capital. Skip to main content.