MOSCOW - Severe cold claimed some 600 lives in the streets of Moscow this winter, health services said yesterday.
Most of the victims, including 120 women, had sought warmth in vast amounts of alcohol, officials quoted by Interfax said.
Cold claimed 600 lives
MOSCOW - Severe cold claimed some 600 lives in the streets of Moscow this winter, health services said yesterday.
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