One Dead After 'Horror Film' Blizzard in Russia Causes 16 Hour Traffic Jam

Freezing conditions which led to dozens suffering from exposure leaves motorists wondering where Russia's snowploughs have gone

Survivors of a freezing 16 hour traffic jam that left at least one man dead have complained to Vladimir Putin after they were left to fend for themselves for nearly a day.

More than 80 people had to be evacuated from a 25-mile traffic jam that formed after an unexpected blizzard closed the highway between Orenburg and Orsk, near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, on the night of January 2.

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