This decision was made by the authorities "based on forecasts of extremely low outdoor temperatures."

From January 16 to January 18, schoolchildren are switching to distance learning, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic reported.

Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand said that in the coming days in some regions of Russia anomalous frosts of up to -55 ... -63 ° С are predicted.