Abnormal cold grips Russia

A woman walks past trees covered with heavy hoarfrost and snow on the bank of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 26 degrees Celsius, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Dec 24, 2012. Russia endures an abnormally cold winter, the most severe in more than 70 years, according to local media. [Photo/Agencies]