A masked woman walks past steam rising from boiled corn cart in Moscow, on February 2, 2012. Moscow temperatures dropped today to - 17 C (1 F), but due to high humidity and wind, weather experts said it would feel more like - 26 C (- 15 F). Russians should avoid attending the protest against the rule of Vladimir Putin in Moscow at the weekend to protect their health amid a spell of cold weather, the country's chief doctor said today. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

PHOTO: STANISLAW KOWALCZUK/EAST NEWS 01/02/2012 WARSZAWA W STOLICY OD KILKU DNI TEMPERATURA SPADA DO KILKUNASTU STOPNI PONIZEJ ZERA N/Z: SRYZ

PHOTO: STANISLAW KOWALCZUK/EAST NEWS 01/02/2012 WARSZAWA W STOLICY OD KILKU DNI TEMPERATURA SPADA DO KILKUNASTU STOPNI PONIZEJ ZERA N/Z: STADION NARODOWY W WARSZAWIE

PHOTO: STANISLAW KOWALCZUK/EAST NEWS 01/02/2012 WARSZAWA W STOLICY OD KILKU DNI TEMPERATURA SPADA DO KILKUNASTU STOPNI PONIZEJ ZERA N/Z: STADION NARODOWY W WARSZAWIE

A woman walks under the snowfall in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, late on January 31, 2012, wth a statue of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in the background. Snow fell yesterday across Sochi, while temperatures reached 0 C. AFP PHOTO / MIKHAIL MORDASOV

PHOTO: JAN BIELECKI/EAST NEWS WARSZAWA 31.01.2012 POZAR DOMU DREWNIANEGO NA ULICY ROZKOSZNEJ W RADOSCI. WEDLUG STRAZY POZARNEZA W DOMU NIKOGO NIE BYLO I PODEJRZEWA SIE PODPALENIE. W GASZENIU BRALO UDZIAL SZESC ZASTEPOW STRAZY POZARNEJ. AKCJA ROZPOCZELA SIE O GODZINIE 8.00 A SKONCZYLA SIE O 10.00 N/Z: GASZENIE DOMU PRZEZ STRAZAKOW

TOPSHOTS A photo taken on January 30, 2012, shows people playing with their dogs as the sun starts to set in Minsk. AFP PHOTO / VICTOR DRACHEV

PHOTO: JAN BIELECKI/EAST NEWS WARSZAWA 30.01.2012 MROZ DAJE SIE WE ZNAKI NASZYM SAMOCHODOM. WYSTEPUJA KLOPOTY Z AKUMULATORAM I ROZRUCHEM SAMOCHODU N/Z: LADOWANIE PROSTOWNIKIEM AKUMULATORA

PHOTO: PRZEMYSLAW ZIEMACKI/EAST NEWS 30.01.2012, KLODZKO, RZEKA NYSA KLODZKA, RATOWNICTWO WODNE, STRAZACY SPRAWDZAJA CZY LABEDZIE SIEDZACE NA KRZE SA PRZYMARZNIETE, PTAKI DALY RADE ODEJSC O WLASNYCH SILACH, STRAZACY WYKORZYSTALI TA INTERWENCJE DO DALSZYCH CWICZEN Z RATOWNICTWA WODNEGO

PHOTO: ADAM WYSOCKI / EASTNEWS 29.01.2012 TORUN KRA NA RZECE WISLE POWOLI ZACZYNA SPLYWAC WIDOK NA PANORAME TORUNIA Z KEPY BAZAROWEJ

Elderly Belarussians do exercises in a frosty forest region on the outskirts of Minsk on December 10, 2009. Belarussians are gearing up for the onset of a long winter. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Belarus people cover their faces with scarfs walking in a street in Minsk, 20 January 2006 as the air temperature dropped down to -27 degrees Celsius. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

A Belarus man runs next to a woman pushing her child cart under heavy snow in Minsk, 24 January 2005. A cold weather snap gripped much of western Europe today with temperatures dipping below zero and snow and ice affecting traffic in many areas. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV