You could talk to people who would tell you that the temperature was not more than 4 degrees Celsius inside their flats, and that they sleep wearing coats. This is because the government here didn't prepare the town for the coming winter. The winter has been very cold this year, and it has become a real crisis. If you talk to any citizen in Primorskii, he can tell you the story of how they are having their dinner-they eat wearing gloves, so the spoon is not freezing to their fingers. They stay home only wearing fir cotes, hats and of course felt boots.
Deep snow covers plenty of cars, and there is a glaze over all the roads that brings many accidents.
Hospitals are overbooked because of people suffering from frostbite. Only the children are happy during this time. The worrying parents don't let them go to the schools, which brings them more holidays. From a new governor, people are just waiting for the heat, electricity and water to return to their flats. Ekaterina Pechkova is a long-time resident of Vladivostok.