More than 1,500 people in 36 settlements near Moscow remain without electricity supplies as of Thursday evening, the Russian emergencies ministry said.
The ministry earlier planned to resume electricity supplies to blackout-hit areas by 22:00 Moscow time Wednesday. The deadline has later been postponed until 22:00 Friday.
Massive blackouts began in the Moscow Region on December 26 after an ice storm. Freezing rain broke many power transmission lines, causing serious power outages.
The second wave of blackouts followed in early January, when heavy snowfalls caused trees and branches to fall on power lines. The power cuts affected at least 6,500 houses with some 14,800 inhabitants in almost 200 settlements.
MOSCOW, January 7 (RIA Novosti)
