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Winter Weather and Failures Disrupt Utilities Across Russia as Repairs Restore Kushva and Kursk, Far East Outages Continue

Rapid repairs with prosecutorial oversight follow failures as freezing conditions strain aging networks.

Overview

  • Heating in Kushva, Sverdlovsk Region, was restored after a heat-pipe rupture, with three boilers online and temperatures in homes rising under oversight by the housing ministry and EMERCOM.
  • Earlier outages in four border districts of Kursk Region were fully resolved the same evening, with all consumers reconnected as officials assessed causes.
  • In Novy Urgal, Khabarovsk Krai, a utility network failure curtailed hot and cold water and heat, two boilers are running with reservoir levels minimal, and prosecutors opened an inquiry as crews hunt leaks.
  • Severo-Kurilsk lost electricity due to heavy snow and gale-force gusts, with classes canceled, the local fuel station paused, and hospital hours adjusted as winds are forecast up to 33–35 m/s.
  • Regional authorities reported closed roads across Sakhalin and a planned halt of the VaninoKholmsk ferry from January 13, with EMERCOM warnings continuing as the cyclone moves through.