46 Russians evacuated from snow trap in Kazakhstan

Rescuers in Kazakhstan assisted dozens of Russian citizens: they were evacuated from a bus stranded on the highway due to unfavourable weather conditions to a warming station. 

In northern Kazakhstan, on January 6, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations provided assistance to Russian citizens stranded in a bus on the highway.

"Due to traffic restrictions on a national highway in the Esil district of the Akmola region, a bus with 46 passengers remained at a checkpoint. Rescuers, together with police, escorted all 46 people, including one child, to nearby warming stations,”

– the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan informed.

The ministry clarified that all passengers on the bus were Russian citizens, and no one required medical assistance.