Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Russia is experiencing a harsh winter. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu/Getty Images
- Heating systems are breaking down in Russia’s harsh winter, leaving many people freezing.
- Much of Russia’s Soviet-era infrastructure needs modernizing.
- But Russia is splurging on war rather than public utilities.
Heating systems are breaking down in Russia’s harsh winter, leaving many people freezing as Moscow continues to spend on its war in Ukraine.
Parts of Russia are experiencing an unusually cold winter — temperatures in Siberia hit -70 degrees Fahrenheit in December.
The brutal conditions are made worse because Russia’s infrastructure is poorly maintained, with many of its facilitates dating from the Soviet era, according to media reports.
This has caused a spate of breakdowns in central heating systems since December that has…
