Heavy snowstorm shuts down Kazakh-Russian border
17:49, 26 November 2014
UST-KAMENOGORSK. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan is just days away from an autumn-to-winter transition, but cold weather and heavy snowstorms are already wreaking havoc in eastern Kazakhstan.
For instance, the road linking Ust-Kamenogorsk, Shemonaikha and Kazakhstani border with the Russian Federation was shut down due to blizzard and poor visibility, officials say.