“An absolute record for the first of April,” says reader Argiris Diamantis. “Nothing about this is reported by the Dutch MSM, of course.”
The weather played an April Fool’s Day prank on Moscow residents Monday, bringing fresh snow to the Russian capital instead of long-awaited sunshine.
The new snowfall brought the depth of accumulated snow to 65 centimetres (26 inches), setting an all-time record for April.
The previous record of 61 centimetres was set in April 1994, meteorologist Mikhail Leus told AFP.
The snow measured 69 centimetres on Sunday, the last day of March, he said.
The snowfall came as a major test of patience for Muscovites, who have endured an unusually long and cold winter.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_04_01/Moscow-struggles-with-record-snowfall/
Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link