The temperature is expected to drop to -28°C (-18.4°F) and bring strong snowstorms: by the beginning of the calendar spring, a third of the monthly precipitation is expected to fall on Russia's capital.
These aerial images show you the waterway of Moscow - the Moskva River, frozen and covered with snow.
As you may see, however, the frost doesn't stop people from enjoying the views of the city.
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© AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Passengers stand on a deck of a tourist boat with restaurant aboard specially designed for winter river cruises as it breaks through the frozen Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018.Temperatures dipped to -14 C (6,8 F) in Moscow and -24 C (-11 F) at night.
View of the Moscow Kremlin from the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge.
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© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov
Ducks on the Savvinskaya Embankment of the Moscow River.
Passers-by on the Bolshoy Kamenny bridge in Moscow.
The "Radisson" ship on the Moscow River.
A passer-by on the Moskvoretskaya embankment.
A pleasure boat on the Moscow river.
A bridge across the Moscow river.
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© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov
Ice on the Moskva River under the Zhivopisny bridge.
A view of the Moscow river, covered with ice, and the Sophia embankment and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on a winter frosty evening at an air temperature of -20°C.
